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> This is basically Samsung asking Google to pay up True, but Samsung isn't known for user-friendly phones, and they often come with a lot of bloat. At some po
by dehrmann 4y ago
> This is basically Samsung asking Google to pay up
True, but Samsung isn't known for user-friendly phones, and they often come with a lot of bloat. At some point, it drives more and more users to Pixel.
- thelittleone 4y agoI moved to Samsung from Apple and that wasn't my experience at all.
- rootw0rm 4y agoThere's a separate Samsung version of every core Google Android app, a separate Samsung account system to sync everything, and a Samsung launcher. Mind you, I personally use none of it (except launcher), but that's basically the definition of Android bloat.
- sm_1024 4y agoI'd expect bloatware to be unnecessary software. To a user who is not familiar with google's offering, the bloat doesn't exist, they don't see two different softwares. Samsung phones don't have two messaging apps, gallery, or phone app Not including google's version doesn't equate to bloat. In fact, the opposite is true.
- rootw0rm 4y agoIf I have to resort to dev mode to remove things I don't need, then to me it's bloat. Those things aren't there in vanilla Android. I'm still using Samsung hardware and I like it, but it's got a little bloat goin on
- marcosdumay 4y agoSamsung is known for adding a more user friendly version of everything that comes from stock Android. (Personally, I disagree, but this seems to be almost unanimous. Even for people that don't buy their phones.)
- xtracto 4y agoI guess one man's trash is another man's treasure. I like Samsung Health application and use it daily. I even had purchased something called RunKepper but stopped using it in favour of Samsung app.
- sm_1024 4y agoThat hasn't been my experience at all. If anything, they are more userfriendly than other phones I have used. One thing in particular that is very nice is that everything is accessible on the larger screen sizes, action centers, call logs, messages, everything is designed to be accessible when holding your phone with one hand without having to awkwardly reach the top.
- filmgirlcw 4y agoExcept Samsung sells orders of magnitude more phones than Google does. I don’t like the Samsung inference either, but millions and millions of people don’t just like it, they prefer it. They buy the phones specifically because they know how to use it. They aren’t loyal to Android, they are loyal to the Galaxy line.
- luisgvv 4y agoCan confirm, having used several android phones across the last decade I can tell the most consistent Android experience is delivered by Samsung
- DangitBobby 4y agoTry a Pixel. None of the Samsung bloat and most importantly, no Bixby constantly getting in the way of the vastly superior Google Assistant already baked into android.
- indecisive_user 4y agoI have a recent Samsung Galaxy and haven't once accidentally triggered Bixby. Long press on home button is google assistant. I'm sure I disabled some Bixby settings when I set up the phone but at this point I don't know how to open it even if I tried.
- DangitBobby 4y agoMust have changed in the years since I had one. They had a dedicated Bixby button that you couldn't assign to anything else and updates to Bixby would constantly mess with settings related to activating Google Assistant. Good to know things have gotten better.
- fomine3 4y agoSamsung is consistent but with bloats. Pixel is somewhat inconsistent with very few bloats.
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- robotnikman 4y agoThat used to be the case almost a decade ago, but everything is the past 5 years has been good in terms of user experience and little bloat.
- Dylan16807 4y agoThey can go ahead and put an extra gig of basic apps on there as long as they keep making models with microsd slots.