Aside from the launcher, they don’t change bits and pieces in the lover levels anymore (Knox & co.)? Don’t have to every google map a Samsung-equivalent, running from boot in background, anymore?
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Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 year ago2015 called, they want their talking points back.
Seriously though, Samsung has a sleeker Android than even Google in 2023. You have to get an AOSP or similar os on a device to beat it. It’s been a long road, but the One UI is just better.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 year ago
sugartits@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How many duplicated apps are installed on modern Samsung’s?
How many browsers? How many app stores? How many games?
Hexarei@programming.dev 1 year ago
Here’s all the Samsung stuff on my Galaxy Fold 4, two of which aren’t ones that it came with: Image
It’s really not a problem nor that bad. I chucked them into a folder and have only touched them to use the files app or manage Good Lock.
sugartits@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So if we’re including what Google gives us, that’s two app stores, Two browsers, Two note takers. Two messaging apps. Stuff for Samsung TV, Smart things, both useless to me. HP printing app for some reason. Samsung “news” (lol). AR zone (whatever the fuck that is).
Literally none of that ads any value to a “stock Google Android” installation. It’s all bloat and crap.
And that’s only the stuff you see. God knows what other services and background shit is also running, sucking up resources and your battery life.
Yeah, it’s no better than it used to be. The talking point is still relevant and your assertion to the contrary is invalid.
Hexarei@programming.dev 1 year ago
I don’t consider it bloat. Bloat is preinstalled games or adware, not useful services. Everything preinstalled besides Samsung’s stuff was removable, and all of that at least does have a use, and works for what it’s supposed to do.
All of that aside, my Z Fold 4 is plenty powerful such that I never experience lagging or slowdowns. My battery rarely goes below 50% with 4-5 hours of screen on time daily. So if there’s background stuff, it’s not affecting either of the things you would expect it to.
The launcher is fine. No “news section” off to the side like the old Pixel launcher used to have, no frills or extras or adware in your face… it’s fine. The only complaint I have about the launcher is that I can’t make my app drawer continuously scroll. However, it provides the service for the ‘taskbar’ at the bottom of my screen: Image and I use it a lot for multitasking so I can’t get rid of it.
Honestly, from my perspective none of it is problematic. It sounds to me like you’re just hating on something to hate on it, none of those extra things being installed cause me any inconvenience. In the slightest.
Calling someone’s opinion on such a subjective matter invalid really speaks to your thoughts on other people. Are you ok? Need to talk about it?
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 1 year ago
To be completely honest I have went and installed couple of Samsung replacement apps even though they were not on my device by default. Samsung’s email application is simply miles better than GMail, and more to the point doesn’t suffer from known issue like not downloading attachments. Same with notes and similar. Especially on Fold where screen is significantly bigger, default Google stuff simply can’t handle it. It looks stretched while Samsung offers better experience.
That said very few duplicates and those that you don’t need you can uninstall. It’s not that big of a deal.