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Samsung phones are about 50% bloatware and 50% bad Android Software nowadays.

[-] Carterbuzz@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Had Samsungs for 10 years watching them slowly get worse and worse. Switched to a Pixel last year and couldn't be happier.

[-] nikt@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Same, but I switched to an iPhone. It was an annoying adjustment for a few months but now I’d never go back. Great hardware, but Samsung’s software is an almost comical mess, and they seem to have zero awareness of how bad they are at it.

[-] tomten@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Same, cant stand Samsung's bloated software not that pixel is perfect in this regard but miles better.

[-] Fubar91@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Just wondering because I don't buy hardware I don't need so I'm still using a Note 10+. Not defending a corporation at all here just genuinely want to better my choices as a consumer:

Besides the removable Samsung branded apps that I was able to just remove, have they started adding addtional bloatware with messures to restrict removal in the more recent device categories?

See a lot of bloatware being mentioned, but noones pointing to specifics. Sorry to pick your comment to reply to, seeing theres plenty. Hoping other people can chime in as well.

[-] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Agree I have a Samsung phone and hate the damn intrusive Samsung bloatware. I'm just going to buy a Google phone next time to get Android unadulterated. Though people still have their complaints with those Pixel phones and they're more expensive. Well at least maybe then I can tolerate my phone instead of downright loathe it.

[-] Spaniard@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Motorola makes unbloated android phones with stock android and their gestures are really good. But they lack in the updating department.

[-] Nioxic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If its stock android, how do they add gestures??

[-] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Hey thanks for that. Did some reading and even Pixel uses a "skin" so it's not a perfectly stock Android system. But the main thing is I want to avoid third party bloatware. Looks like Motorola does pretty well there, also inexpensive.

[-] Spaniard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am very happy with them, they are not without issues as I said they lack A LOT in the update department but I can't live without their gestures anymore, I know they are apps now but I have been using Motorola since the Moto X Play, and I buy Motorola for my family,

Also they have one of the smaller smartphones with the Motorola Edge 30 Neo and I really appreciate it.

Also awesome battery

[-] Redredme@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Here I am, on my first Samsung ever, being happy that stuff just works again. (like it did on my Huawei, long, long ago)

Ymmv.

[-] Virkkunen@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The rule of thumb for comments like OP's is that either they've last used a Samsung phone back in TouchWiz days and still think that the software and hardware are the same, or they've never used a Samsung phone and just hopped on the Samsung-hating bandwagon for internet points.

Either way screams of Pixel fanboyism and gatekeeping

[-] khajimak@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Last Samsung I had was the Galaxy s8, it was such a piece of shit I switched to an iPhone and am never going to buy another Samsung product in my life.

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