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As a user it feels disrespectful to be so overtly treated as an untapped revenue stream for a premium-price product. It's Samsung-esque.

• rchaud 2y ago
  None of my Samsung phones have ever advertised anything to me. Unlike iOS,there are any number of music player apps on Android that stay out of the way and don't try to be a "platform".
  • samtheprogram 2y ago
    > None of my Samsung phones have ever advertised anything to me. I had a Galaxy S8. It definitely did. > Unlike iOS,there are any number of music player apps on Android that stay out of the way and don't try to be a "platform". iOS has other music players too. It was a choice that e.g. doubleTwist stopped supporting iOS when pivoting to CloudPlayer.
    • rchaud 2y ago
      Galaxy S8 came out in 2017, almost a decade ago. I understand some budget and mid-range phones have ads, but I (in Canada) have used everything from S7, S8, S12, A51, Z Fold 3, and have never gotten one. There was a "Samsung Hub" app on the midrange A51 (similar to Google Discover), but that can be disabled.
      • samtheprogram 2y ago
        You have never been encouraged to use Bixby or any other Samsung app? Let’s define “ad”.