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Google needs to do something about the general load of crap that comes on most Android phones. I just switched from a Nexus 4 to a Galaxy S5, and even consideri

Google needs to do something about the general load of crap that comes on most Android phones. I just switched from a Nexus 4 to a Galaxy S5, and even considering the massive jump in hardware specs I am consistently less satisfied with my phone-using experience. I don't want to have to install a custom ROM and lose stability and camera performance just to avoid being bombarded with Samsung and AT&T crap every 10 minutes.

mkozlows 11y ago
Google doesn't need to do anything about it; buyers need to factor it in when they buy phones. Some people don't care, other people care a lot, and it's possible some people even like TouchWiz(tm) and its ilk. But yeah, that's why carrier-unlocked Motorolas and Nexuses are pretty much the only phones I'd consider at this point.
- murbard2 11y ago
  ...and some people have no clue whatsoever and will form an indelible impression of what Android is like based on the experience they have with whatever phone the store salesman recommended.
  - emodendroket 11y ago
    That's more like "most."
  - dcchambers 11y ago
    It's the same reason many people come to hate Windows and switch to the "pure, friendly, easy" OSX. They buy whatever laptop was recommended to them at Best Buy and have to deal with all of that preinstalled malware that makes the machine a piece of junk. Very few consumers ever get to work with "plain" Windows without all the junk the OEMs put on it.
- kmicklas 11y ago
  > Google doesn't need to do anything about it They don't, but I'd argue if they want to have any hope of competing with iOS in the high end market they absolutely need to. So many people have super negative impressions of Android that are based solely on e.g. TouchWiz.