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Who is on which end of that crapware spectrum? And what is the crapware? Asking as someone who's only had a Pixel, or iPhone before that.
by paisawalla 4y ago
Who is on which end of that crapware spectrum? And what is the crapware?
Asking as someone who's only had a Pixel, or iPhone before that.
- Ayesh 4y agoSamsung being the worst end with many crapware, while Google just shipping stock Android, if you don't count Google's own software (such as the file manager, Phone , Messages, etc not crapware).
- zamalek 4y agoGoogle is no crapware, Samsung is as much crapware as possible. Samsung has their own version of every built-in app. Text messages for example, they have a much shittier version of "Messages" (no RCS support at least a few months ago). Their apps get set back to default randomly. Photos/Gallery, email, web browser, you name it. They then have other junk installed. Their own app store, their own voice assistant, and other useless/niche apps. You are blocked from uninstalling any of it. It is the scourge of Android. "Android One" was an effort by Google to curb it, but I think only Motorola signed up (in addition to Google, obviously). OnePlus started on the premise of a clean/stock experience, but have started losing their way (rather rapidly). "Nothing" is a new manufacturer aiming for a stock experience. Asus seems to be doing stock. If you ever consider moving away from Pixel I strongly recommend prioritizing a stock experience over _anything_ else. Crapware is maddening, full of bugs, and likely full of vulnerabilities.
- sofixa 4y agoThere were also Nokia (IIRC they still deliver basically stock Android) and Xiaomi who had a few dedicated models for some markets (mostly India but at least two were available in the EU) under Android One.
- booi 4y agoAh, you assumed Android One was the name when it's actually just the number of companies who want less crapware.
- RosanaAnaDana 4y agoNot to mention bixbie, a toxic bane.
- jijji 4y agoWith Samsung phones, even if you try to disable the Messages app and install, for example, the stock android Messages app, it will pop a very annoying nag screen on your home screen warning you that the Samsung messages app is not the default, and the only way to remove that is to Force Stop the Samsung Messages app, which then restarts... The best thing to do is give the phone to someone who doesn't have a phone with the warning that it is full of crapware.
- VTimofeenko 4y agoNokia had a few decent phones in Android One, but I think they dropped from the program
- VectorLock 4y agoI am considering moving away from the Pixel, they seem to be going downhill, so your post was a great confirmation, thank you.
- vrotaru 4y agoSony is pretty much stock as well. Mine came with FB and LinkedIn pre-installed though. The updates are decent and I had no problems with them.
- Youden 4y agoGoogle comes with less crapware but not none. Google Slides and Play Movies are a couple of examples of crap that don't really need to be there.
- nelblu 4y agoDepending on who you ask Google comes with it's own crapware. I use calyxos and anything google including their play services is crapware for me. So the scale should be more like Samsung to GraphenOS/CalyxOS.
- Pasorrijer 4y agoSony is also very close to stock. They keep stock for most of the important apps, and only have their own apps for things like the camera.