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Really? I had a galaxy s4 back in the day and I hated the skin/bloatware on it so much I went back to iphone. I recently got the pixel 2 to see if googles own
by mrep 8y ago
Really? I had a galaxy s4 back in the day and I hated the skin/bloatware on it so much I went back to iphone. I recently got the pixel 2 to see if googles own phone would be a better experience and I have liked it as much as my old iphone.
- josephh 8y agoI believe most of the preconception against Samsung-branded Android OS is based on their experience with older (pre S6) devices. I wholeheartedly agree they were bad at it back then (esp. the bloatware that poorly replicated the functionality of various stock apps), but they've since gotten significantly better with their UX.
- DennisAleynikov 8y agoYes I would forgive anyone who used pre-s6 devices to think Samsung is some lackluster copycat with slow TouchWiz UI and terrible useability
- wyclif 8y agoWhy not just flash the ROM and install vanilla Android instead of settling for TouchWiz and other third party bloatware?
- wvenable 8y agoBecause there is no vanilla Android ROM that works perfectly out of the box on all devices and you need a device with a unlocked bootloader to even that get far.
- DennisAleynikov 8y agoI don't consider any of Samsung first party apps to be bloatware especially since I use most of them on a daily basis. While you could consider all the Samsung apps extra and unnecessary - the Android ecosystem is a loose group of OEM's with varying degree of control over their flavor of Android. The base features are always there on all android phones but Samsung personalized theirs. It's a good decision despite android purists scoffing at it. Pixel line of phones is there to satisfy those who really want stock that badly they're willing to buy a flagship phone with budget phone features