Not sure if it is like that because I’m in Korea, but on my Samsung S9 Samsung is injecting ads for their new S24 in my notifications. I’ve had the phone for 5 years and this is the first time I see ads in my phone notifications, unbelievable.
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my previous samsung TV plastered a huge Doom Eternal AD into my settings panel…
my new samsung TV is not connected to the net, lol.
My PLex, Yotutube, Netflix goes through my NVidia shield.
TV comes from a box through a HDMI cable.
and Playstation is playstation.
0 need to connect that shit to the net
I have my TV on a VLAN that doesn’t have internet access. I don’t want it to be able to access the internet, but still want to be able to control it using Home Assistant.
Samsung Smart TV owner here. Connected to Internet for steam link and found out app is no longer available to download.
I realized then my fast input section at the home screen was replaced with TV apps and In order to change inputs, I had to go to another sub category of “connected devices” nstead of being able to do it from home with the shortcuts
I reset the TV, connected to the Internet but did NOT agree to smart hub this time… Now my quick input selection is back
It’s awful that it got changed like that, was there no setting at all to change it back?
Not that I can see…once you opt into smart hub it takes over the home page… I wasn’t going to bother fucking with it. I was also pissed steam link was removed…my only reason for downloading apps on my previous samsung tv
Samsung devices have become very ad-heavy. My first smart phone was a Galaxy S3 and I used to prefer their TVs, but forcing ads into everything has guaranteed I’ll never buy another Samsung phone or TV again.
Wait, is Samsung the new Xiaomi?
Xiaomi is still much better than Samsung
Always has been.
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My first samsung was wonderful and lasted me quite some time, my second one was asking me to add so many apps and accept so many permissions that I regret buying it. I don’t want to create waste by throwing it out but…
You could always sell it to someone in the market for a used phone.
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Wow, first the tv now the phone, i’m not surprised when someone come saying their fridge and washing machine is doing this too.
Samsung is like the Internet in the pop up ads days. Free yourself from that garbage.
You literally have four different fonts in one screenshot. At least use a weather app that is less horrendous to look at, like Breezy Weather if you insist on open source.
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8f7d5fbb-8574-4019-9817-76131bb65536.png
That is an old screenshot. Besides, what does that have to do with Samsung pushing ads to its users?
Bro you’re doing good, only 9993 steps to go
At 11am. What a life.
I’ll literally never buy a Samsung phone again if these fuckers push ads to my device.
Samsung: “So you’re going to go with Motorola… Sony… Or…Apple?? That’s what I thought.”
They know they have the android market share cornered and can essentially do what they want
Why the hell do you think they removed expandable storage on their flag$hip line?.…
Im 100% going Sony this year because I prefer s9 features to the giant telescope cam and ai BS that expires on jan 1 2025
Hol up.
Galaxy AI features will expire at the end of this year??
Edit: Samsung is going to charge for them LMFAO WTF
I’m desperately trying to find a new phone that isn’t a Samsung. I switched by force from LG to Samsung and even though the Samsung was 3 years newer, it was a downgrade.
It pushes so many notifications I have given up. I’m going to have to spend $1400 on a Sony just to retain my SD card slot and get rid of the bloatware.
Since starting my hunt, my garbage s20 is pushing so many s24 ads. Guess how many phones have an SD card slot and a FHD+ screen?
Nine. 4 of them are made by Sony.
Edit: I forgot to mention that my samsung phone also gave me a notification Ad for the S24. I didn’t think to screenshot it because my notifications are so aggressive that I have become brain dead to this bullshit. I can clear a wall of 15 and within 3 minutes have another wall of 10.
The fairphone 5 has an SD slot, oled FHD and replaceable battery to boot
the entire phone pieces are replaceable 💀💀, but i also recomend
Since Fairphone 4, they are really good mid range smartphones. Price is higher, but gotta pay for the ethics somehow.
I’m super happy with my Fairphone 3 as well (I upgraded the camera to 3+), but the newer models seem to have made major improvements indeed.
Still, for anyone who doesn’t need anything too fancy but who insist on having a headphone jack, a used Fairphone 3 is a good option. Buy a new battery for it and it’ll be good as new. :)
Promising tech and features, but likely wouldn’t work in my area 😔
I’d definitely recommend Sony for the features I value: battery life, MicroSD slot, and headphone jack. They’re the only manufacturer doing this with their high end phones. I’d go with the $1000 Xperia 5 V if I was looking for a flagship. It has a headphone jack, MicroSD slot, great performance, and outstanding battery life.
If you’re on a budget in the US, go with the Motorola G Stylus 5G (2023). Adequate performance, good battery life, headphone jack, MicroSD slot, lots of internal storage, 120hz FHD+ screen, for $250-$300.
Seriously appreciate the suggestions because I have to catch up on phone specs since I never care about phones until I need to upgrade.
I had a couple hours to pick my current phone and my list of complaints and serious issues with it is outrageously long. I was seriously upset when LG left the phone market, and can’t believe how overlooked and downtrodden their phones were.
For me personally, I’m all about minimal bloatware, the best screen quality, at least decent chip performance, and expandable storage.
Bloat for obvious reasons.
Screen quality due to me usually only watching TV when with my spouse and/or sailing. Otherwise I’m using my phone.
My s20 FE’s chip is ok, but it was barely a jump from my v30, and now it’s feeling slow when I use a lot of CPU intensive apps. I’ve noticed detrimental file degradation when moving large files around my phone unless I clear all app usage and even then it can still create artifacts, and take a long time.
SD slot because the service in my area is garbage and I could never count on cloud storage that will also inevitably grow as I age. Plus sailing.
The moto being an LCD is pretty much a deal breaker for me. The 5V isn’t available here. The 1V is the only thing that checks every box, but the price is exorbant, the lack of wifi calling, bad auto photo mode, questionable durability, poor software support, lack of in depth reviews, and the general mystery surrounding the Sony software and UI makes me extremely hesitant for what I intend to be at least a 5 year phone.
I’m probably going to bite the bullet and get the Sony, but I’m still just so frustrated with the phone market. I keep getting the same responses from people like: “I just pay $5 a month for 500G”.
LIKE YOU REALIZE THAT THOSE HIGH RES CAMERAS YOU PAID A PREMIUM FOR ARE GOING TO CREATE LARGER FILES RIGHT? WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF THE 500G YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY $15 FOR THE NEXT TIER, EVERY MONTH, UNTIL YOU RUN OUT OF SPACE, WHICH WILL HAPPEN FAST WHEN YOUR 1 HOUR 4K 120FPS AI EFFECTS EDITED VIDEOS OF YOUR NEWBORNS BIRTH TAKE UP 20G, AND THEN IF YOU CANT AFFORD IT THEN YOUR CHERISHED MEMORIES WILL BE HELD HOSTAGE UNTIL YOU CAN PAY THE FEE TO STORE THEM, WHERE? ON A GODDAMN MEMORY CARD.
You know how every streaming provider is jacking their prices because people are hooked on their platform? That’s what companies will be doing with your cherished memories within the next 2 years.
Sorry for the rant. I’m a little high. Appreciate the suggestions buddy!
If you want something cheaper with a great display and great performance and can stomach the lack of expandable storage, and some bloatware, go with the OnePlus 12. Once you remove it, the phone will absolutely fly.
If you are okay with a no expandable storage and worse screen (still a bright OLED) and want less bloatware and/or are on a tighter budget, go with the Motorola Edge+ (2023). It still has 512GB internal and costs just $600.
As for the cloud storage problem, I suggest you have some kind of external drives, or even a high capacity laptop or desktop. You can transfer files with a cable, and storage is quite cheap, although the price (at least for SSDs) is climbing up and will probably continue to do so this year. Currently, I have 3TB of SSDs in my laptop and a 4TB external drive for my backups, while important backups are also stored in the cloud, which take up under 100GB total.
Expandable storage is #1, great screen would just barely edge out excessive bloatware for #2.
I guess I’m just bitching at this point because I know the sony is the only one that will fit what I want. Motorola is so close to filling the space that LG left behind, it’s unfortunate they haven’t realized they are just two features short of being unique at their price point. They don’t have the ecosystem, aren’t trying to create one, so why not pack in the features everyone else ignores?
I just really wish the EU could somehow create an argument to require memory card slots. I’ve been trying my best to come up with one myself, just to put it out there in the world.
I say vote with your wallet and get the Sony if you don’t like my other suggestions. Your choice as a consumer will show that people still care about expandable storage.
Haha yeah I spent £200 on a Xiaomi something or another and it’s totally fine.
Got a Redmi Note 12 from them for €180, replaced their version of the OS (riddled with pre-installed apps) with the clean one (MIUI) and from a software usability it’s a nice as the old (old, old) One Plus from way before the enshittification trend that it replaced and, of course, it’s light-years ahead in terms of hardware.
Granted, a little technical knowhow is very usefull to install a clean OS on an Android phone (I used to make Android apps at some point in my career, so that helps).
I got a Samsung midrange with expandable storage and I’m realizing all those features the galaxy has exclusively I never used or cared for in the long term
I could stick with samsung if it wasn’t for their bloatware and their terrible push notifications. And their UI. And their terrible ecosystem that pushes more data collection. And their terrible integration with google products. And their terrible boot system that pushes updates in the middle of the night, but doesn’t fully restart the phone so your texts, calls, and alarms don’t come through.
What in the absolute fuck?
I know you can turn them off (I think it’s a setting in the galaxy store or something) but this is getting ridiculous.
Edit: christ, it’s not just one setting anymore, it seems: https://www.androidcentral.com/how-turn-ads-your-samsung-phone
Is there a phone manufacturer that doesn’t use their devices to shove more ads in your face? Google pushing Google One or Apple’s preinstallwd watch app also come to mind
I use a pixel 7a running calyx os
The Nokia branded phones (made by HMD Global).
I recently got a (Xiaomi) Redmin Note 12 because my old One Plus was way too old, and overrode the installed Android with the MIUI version (same one without their pre-loaded apps and customizations). The worst they do to try and make you give up on doing it is to make you wait 1 week between requesting enabling unlocking of that phone and actually being able to unlock the phone, after which it’s pretty straightforward (they do make you go through 2 “are you sure” checks, which I found funny).
No Ads whatsoever.
So I went and bought another one of the same model as a Christmas present and did the same for it.
The crap intrusive pre-installed software of the Samsung and being impossible to unlock it and install a clean OS version is exactly why I did NOT get a Samsung instead.
Is xiaomi sold in the US? In every other country you can unlock Samsung phones
No idea as I’m not in the US.
I looked around, saw the Samsung phones could not be unlocked (from what you say, in some countries but can in others) and didn’t care to get it.
Even had I known they were unlockable in some places but not othes, why should I risk my hard earned money on were I live being one of those places were Samsung did it. “We’re sleazy only in some places” is hardly a ringing endorsement for the brand.
Sony has been very chill, vanilla Android, amazing hardware, no ads
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Motorola’s pretty decent in this respect, ime.
Can’t say I’ve ever had anything shoved in my face on iPhone. At least, nothing I didn’t cause myself with third party apps or whatever.
Work gave me an iPhone, it has been pestering me with “ACTIVATE YOUR FREE 3 MONTHS OF APPLE TV PLUS” once a week since new, and the same for iCloud storage, and the games service, and apple music.
I got 4 notifications a week at random times of the day from the system itself telling me to make sure I signed up for their free trial with my credit card before the 3 month period where the deal was available is over.
This has never happened on a Pixel for me, sure they pester you about Google One plans etc on first setup, but they shut the fuck up after you say no.
Haven’t had any of that myself. Maybe because it’s an older model.
Are you a fan of U2?
U lazy. U more walk. U no get ads anymore. Samsung just discipline u.
Weird…I have been using Samsung phones for the past 4 years. I have never got such ads. I think you turned on the customization service or some other ad related thing. And ofcourse you can always debloat it. Ideally they should turn off customization service as default but since we live in a world of enshittification one can only dream.
Depends on the region. If Korea: can bet your sweet momma your government is there to Gargle on that Samsung D
I know this is completely unrelated, but I think I’d actually find it impossible to get to 11:50 in the day with only 7 steps. That’s a one way trip to the toilet…
Gonna have a rough time hitting that 10k goal
Maybe they’re one of those weirdos that doesn’t bring their phone everywhere
Wake up at 11, swipe on your phone for an hour, finally get up and go to the toilet, pull out your phone again and take this screenshot. Voilà :)
Hangover maybe?
On a thursday, no less x)
More likely that’s the only day they had off and Korea has a bit of a reputation for working people much too hard.
I like Android but man Samsung’s version has always sucked
And they wonder why they can’t compete with the iPhone
And they wonder why they can’t compete with the iPhone
Samsung is ahead of Apple in almost every market.
Except for the profit margins, lol.
Are you an investor? Who gives a fuck?
Well the companies specifically. If we’re talking about two companies competing with each other it’s in what they’re trying to achieve.
Apple over took Samsung in sales in 2023
https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-overtakes-samsung-top-seller-smartphones-2024-01-17/
So? Worldwide sales obviously include countries like the US. I made clear with my comment that I didn’t mean worldwide sales.
Their hardware has been, with few exceptions, very nice. It’s sad to see they’re embracing the enshittification with such gusto on the software side… I mean, it was always bloated, even when they made BREW phones, but this is a whole nuther level.
They’ve also embraced it on the hardware side removing sd cards and headphonejacks
100% agree, though since I bought my pixel with a headphone jack I haven’t wanted to use it once in the 2 years that I’ve had the phone so… 🤷
I honestly thought I would use it one or need it a lot more frequently.
Literally not true. They lost ground last year.
Not defending Apple. But fighting misinformation.
I was talking about most individual markets, not worldwide combined market share. There’s a difference and no amount of down voting changes that.
Perhaps you should have been clearer then, as evidently many people are not seeing it that way.
Perhaps that’s why you’re being downvoted. As if you care about those anyway, it isn’t really a measure we should use.
Take care!
I wrote “in almost every market” which is as clear as it can be. I’m being downvoted because die hard Samsung haters see red immediately and don’t care about facts.
Dude you have no idea why people are downvoting you and I don’t want to get involved in a conjecture based debate.
All I can say is what I know and honestly I don’t give a shit what phone you use. Or toilet paper or porn site. You do you my guy.
lineageos
I don’t know about how well it supports Korean language though.
Would work great if samsung actually let people unlock the bootloader. Afaik you can’t do it in certain regions like North America.
really? I was able to unlock and root my tab a7 lite fine. I did move though to a lenovo running a gsi though.
Samsung pushed an app in an update that plastered ads for charities all over my lock screen. Disabled that shit and my next phone isn’t going to be a Samsung.
Disabled that shit and my next phone isn’t going to be a Samsung.
You won’t be able to disable that sort of things in most other phones, though. It’s not like China crap won’t push ads and Samsung has second best Android support after Fairphone.
You won’t be able to disable that sort of things in most other phones, though.
LOL. You tryna sell me a Samsung at a 100% discount? Because I’d still maybe need you to cover shipping fees on that if that’s okay? Not tryna pay more than $0 to get spied on.
Samsungs hardware is pretty nice, but only when its running LineageOS or similar. Man their ux is awful.
Man their ux is awful.
Samsung pioneered a UX on big screens that works with only one thumb. It took Google a while to adapt that to upstream Android. Ports of OneUI to community ROMs are quite popular on XDA Developers.
OneUI UX is way superior to Lineage. Specially the newer OneUI 6. Lineage abuses tiles and toggles and it’s just ugly as sin overall.
How about pixel?
How about pixel?
The only brand other than Galaxy I recommend to normies. For idealists there’s also Fairphone but that’s also not available everywhere.
normies
😞. People actually talk like this.
I really like Samsung phones, but oh boy, they are so bloated on default install it’s unbearable. When I got my Samsung Galaxy A52, there were like 10 different things that wanted my attention on first boot, and I uninstalled most uninstallable Samsung apps straight away.
