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In my experience, Samsung is a label that means "stay far, far away." From the Galaxy Note fiasco to my microwave to my dishwasher to ... Probably at least thre
by akersten 1y ago
In my experience, Samsung is a label that means "stay far, far away." From the Galaxy Note fiasco to my microwave to my dishwasher to ... Probably at least three other products before I learned my lesson.
I even refuse to buy QD-OLED monitors out of indignation that Samsung makes the panels. Maybe I'm alone but maybe one day we'll boycott lousy companies out of business.
- Gigachad 1y agoSamsung phones have been filled with preinstalled spyware since the beginning. Outside of fairly unusable Linux phones, Apple seems to be the only one taking privacy seriously.
- compootr 1y agomanufacturers aside, grapheneos and lineage work well because of Google's work on their phones
- sitzkrieg 1y agoapple privacy is marketing but ok
- newdee 1y agoAll marketing? None of it is real? Citation?
- int_19h 1y agoIf it's mostly marketing, why was Facebook so up in arms about forced opt-in for tracking in iOS?
- Grimeton 1y agoBecause Apple blocks everybody else from spying on you but Apple themselves are still perfectly spying on you. And not just that, by disallowing all other apps to get their hands on your data you even tell Apple which data it can sell for a higher price because it's only available via Apple and noons else... Let that sink in.
- joshstrange 1y agoLet what sink in? Your completely unprovable/unproven conspiracy theory? You are suggesting that Apple is actively tracking you in other apps (apps that aren’t allowed to track you themselves). I find that completely preposterous and a huge risk for Apple to take given their marketing. > Because Apple blocks everybody else from spying on you but Apple themselves are still perfectly spying on you. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Specifically Apple spying on users and collecting info tied to their identities in 3rd party apps.
- Grimeton 1y agoI never said they monitor you in 3rd party apps. Don't put words into my mouth. https://www.apple.com/privacy/labels/ https://www.apple.com/privacy/labels/
- oefrha 1y agoYou mean extraordinary evidence like selling Apple Ads and associated attribution data that third parties aren't allowed to collect? Their ads revenue is now $10B+ and growing. You must know nothing about the mobile measurement industry if you think this very mundane claim is some extraordinary conspiracy theory; it's not even controversial there. https://ads.apple.com/app-store/help/attribution/0093-adattributionkit-to-measure-performance https://ads.apple.com/app-store/help/attribution/0093-adattr...
- blacksmith_tb 1y agoI have a Samsung clothes washer and a drier, they've been solid (but they aren't net-enabled... luckily).
- makeitdouble 1y ago> Galaxy Note fiasco Has any smartphone maker succeeded in getting more than a few percent of market share, released more that 2 phones while being immune to that level of fiasco ?
- brianbest101 1y agoIt’s really hard to beat the “it’s a felony to knowingly carry our phones on to an airplane” level of fiasco
- makeitdouble 1y agoWhy does this become a competition where we're looking for a winner ?
- Zak 1y agoYes. I have never been asked "do you have any weapons, explosives or [phone model]?" before boarding an airplane about any other phone, ever. There have been other phones that had very occasional battery fires, but nothing on remotely the same level.
- makeitdouble 1y agoOn the other side Apple dealt with the BatteryGate of 2017 and Google paid back all remaining users of the Pixel 4a. Each of these is also unique and unseen ever before for a phone.
- anonymars 1y agoIn favor of what? The Android ecosystem is pretty lousy. Which manufacturers allow you to easily migrate to a new phone (Samsung has Smart Switch) and have, let's say, 4+ years of security updates? Genuine question. In my case I also wanted an SD card slot so it was slim slim pickings indeed. (And still there are some misfits who insist that there is no such thing as progress!)
- ryukoposting 1y agoLG back in the day. I miss my V20. What a weird, but wonderful phone.
- moooo99 1y agoI was an LG G3 user a long time ago. With the exception of the overheating issue, it was a lovely phone. LG really did have some unique devices
- gblargg 1y agoI'm still using a V20 as my main phone. The recent app icons at the extra top section of the screen really make juggling active apps fast. I don't think any phone has had this feature since.
- ryukoposting 1y agoI loved the second screen. Does Spotify still work with it? That was a cool thing.
- tock 1y agoI love the phones Nothing makes. And they are offering five years of Android updates and seven years of security upgrades on their upcoming Nothing phone 3.
- mellow-lake-day 1y agoAll the nothing phones are too big. Give me something the size of the s25.
- danparsonson 1y agoGreat SSDs though, generally speaking