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Personally can't imagine someone thinking "I hate the pixel experience" and then actually preferring samsung's, which is way worse.

delecti 2y ago
Personally I view the Pixel experience as "clean", but I've heard it described as "sparse" by Samsung fans.
fsckboy 2y ago
i probably write in too parsimonious a style compared to how people read: my complaint was not about the pixel experience, it was about the experience moving from each pixel version to the next back in earlier days, it was about the deltas. I can learn any system, but I want one and done. I don't want to keep having to learn all the time when it comes to things like muscle memory. i hate gestures, for example. If I could configure/control them, alright, but I don't like when some touch that used to be unnoticed or neutral suddenly starts wiping out what I'm doing. my mantra when it comes to coding UIs: job number one is never ever lose anything the user has typed
Xeamek 2y ago
Why is it worse? Samsung's experience is objectively more customizable (you can have custom color schemes, custom keyboard layouts, macros and more). At the same time, samsung defaults have neutral design, while google screams at You "this is a google app" almost everywhere. I guess the only downside is that samsung's UIX is heavier on the performance side, but in context of flagships it doesn't matter much. So again, what makes you say pixels experience is better?
tuananh 2y ago
i used to think that too. but then ss fold device changed my mind. the problem mostly come from the tensor chip where apps/games are not optimized for it. can't imagine using a top flag phone (pixel 8 pro) at the time with sub-optimal performance.
- LegitShady 2y ago
  the fold is so much money that I never even considered it. For what they're charging (where I live, I guess) I can get a macbook air or an ipad pro and still buy a nice pixel with the change from the price of the fold. Not really worth it to me.

delecti 2y ago

Personally I view the Pixel experience as "clean", but I've heard it described as "sparse" by Samsung fans.

fsckboy 2y ago

i probably write in too parsimonious a style compared to how people read: my complaint was not about the pixel experience, it was about the experience moving from each pixel version to the next back in earlier days, it was about the deltas. I can learn any system, but I want one and done. I don't want to keep having to learn all the time when it comes to things like muscle memory. i hate gestures, for example. If I could configure/control them, alright, but I don't like when some touch that used to be unnoticed or neutral suddenly starts wiping out what I'm doing. my mantra when it comes to coding UIs: job number one is never ever lose anything the user has typed

Xeamek 2y ago

Why is it worse? Samsung's experience is objectively more customizable (you can have custom color schemes, custom keyboard layouts, macros and more). At the same time, samsung defaults have neutral design, while google screams at You "this is a google app" almost everywhere. I guess the only downside is that samsung's UIX is heavier on the performance side, but in context of flagships it doesn't matter much. So again, what makes you say pixels experience is better?

tuananh 2y ago

i used to think that too. but then ss fold device changed my mind. the problem mostly come from the tensor chip where apps/games are not optimized for it. can't imagine using a top flag phone (pixel 8 pro) at the time with sub-optimal performance.

LegitShady 2y ago
the fold is so much money that I never even considered it. For what they're charging (where I live, I guess) I can get a macbook air or an ipad pro and still buy a nice pixel with the change from the price of the fold. Not really worth it to me.