And you can’t unlock their boot loaders. You must suffer their changes to Android, their assistant, their UI, their spyware, and bloatware. You don’t own the device.
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penquin@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Samsung just needs to shut the fuck up. They’re worse than Apple by a fucking mile. They make fun of them for something then turn around and do it next month. Fuck off with this shit. They removed the headphone jack, the charger from the box and the SD card slot. Samsung sucks more than Apple.
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 1 month ago
ilmagico@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m writing this from a samsung with unlocked bootloader.
Adanisi@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Same here.
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Well, congratulations, hacker.
ilmagico@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Maybe I should’ve specified that it was unlocked via the official “OEM Unlock” switch provided by Samsung. Yes, there are Samsung phones that can be unlocked, though you’re right, many cannoy (usually US versions).
ricdeh@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Lol where did you get that from? You can absolutely unlock every Samsung Android phone.
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 1 month ago
IIRC Samsung doesn’t allow OEM unlock on snapdragon devices sold in US.
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not in the US
jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Neither on Apple devices though? There aren’t many exploits to “jailbreak” Android phones.
penquin@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Oh man, don’t get me started on that.
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
You can’t unlock the bootloader on specifically USA Samsung devices, for reference.
answersplease77@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You can root/jailbreak both apple and samsung, but that would massively downgrade the phone security and make it vulurnable to hackers. So that must be avoided if you have bank apps, creditcards, or important and sensitive data on phone (who doesn’t)
warm@kbin.earth 1 month ago
Apple copy Samsung too, Apple just has good marketing and gives random names to standard tech to make it sound like its something amazing you should care about.
Samsung wanted to sell wireless buds too, so they also removed the 3.5mm port. At least their SD card slot stuck around for a bit longer. They could release a true flagship if they wanted with a 3.5mm port and an SD card slot, but why would they when millions of people buy their phones each year anyway?
Both are shitty in their own ways, but at least Samsung is Android.
metaStatic@kbin.social 1 month ago
Both are shitty in their own ways, but at least Samsung is Android.
not sure that's enough any more
Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 month ago
But it means you can buy alternative brands for similar experience. You are not locked into Samsung like you are to Apple.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Samsung is like the apple of the android world, which makes it way worse
Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Creating mediocrity is bad, purposefully following mediocrity is worse.
kaboom36@ani.social 1 month ago
Is removing the charger from the box such a bad thing? I’ve already got a box full of them in addition to the ones scattered around the house and with how many electronic devices we use I doubt that is a uncommon position to be in
warm@kbin.earth 1 month ago
That was a good change. I'd argue even removing the cable would be a good change. Less e-waste (even though releasing phones every year is e-waste enough).
The bad thing was Apple then selling a charger at extortionate prices, you didnt have to buy theirs though.penquin@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Xiaome did remove the charger from some of their phones, but they offered it as a free addition on their website for those who need it. For fucking free. I would have been ok with it if Apple or Samsung did that.
Drusenija@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Apple’s issue was they timed it around a shift to USB-C chargers. Their argument was everyone already had plenty of chargers, but no one had the new ones (well, some people did obviously but they hadn’t gotten it with a previous iPhone). That’s why they cop so much flak over it.
I agree that conceptually it’s a good change, they just picked a bastard of a time to do it (one could argue that was deliberate of course).
Xatolos@reddthat.com 1 month ago
It is a bad thing as it happened just at a transitional period in chargers. If it was just another USB A connector, then it wouldn’t have been an issue. But we are now in the transition of USB C chargers and most people don’t have a “box of them”.
Newer devices are advertising that they have ever faster charging options, but these need the newer USB C connectors to reach these advertised speeds, which as I mentioned, most people don’t already have. So you are stuck buying another thing to use what they were advertised as having.
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 1 month ago
The problem is, these new phones often have new speed charging protocols that only work best with their own charger, basically forcing you to pay more to get the charger if you want to utilize speed charging unless you already have a new-ish charger from that manufacturer.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Samsung doesn’t use child labor in China to make their phones. Why again are they worse?
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Samsung never met a bad idea they couldn’t help but imitate.
penquin@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Literally!!!