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  • These companies entrenched themselves and showed that they are terrible to work with.

    As someone starting a business, I’m just admiring all these companies like the plague.

    My work is not in tech, but I used to work in tech and have been building everything with open source software.

    Hosting as much as I can and even coding some things myself.

    I wonder if these companies are going to end up dead over these in the future.

  • That’s pretty cool, it sounds like the equivalent of a desktop environment in Linux.

  • Does switcher the launcher affect the performance in some way? I think I read somewhere that the default launcher is still running or something. But that didn’t really make sense to me.

  • From the androids I’ve used, cheap/old ones, on the main screen when you swipe all the way to the left, it always loads Google news.

    Can that be disabled on your Samsung? I’m asking, not as a criticism, but genuinely. I really think dexmode is really cool. I think I could do all my work with just a Samsung and dex mode.

  • I saw that video ages ago, it took a while for it to go into effect.

  • Huh?

  • Android or Apple is objectively better? I don’t think anyone can make that claim as people have different needs and preferences.

  • I don’t mind the vendor stuff to much as long as it gets out of your way. I just would be so annoyed to see random 3rd party stuff on the phone especially if it automatically installed.

  • Thanks! That’s interesting.

  • Your right, I have not touched a Samsung phone and the only person I know with one lives in a different country.

    I’m only repeating what I’ve heard from multiple places, I’ve never heard the opposite. Didn’t the most recent release come with tons of preinstalled apps taking up a decent percentage of of the hard drive?

    If that’s not true, it makes the news and that’s what iPhone users see and believe. There is not really news to the contrary.

  • I’m not saying Apple is better, but being the same as Apple is not going to get anyone to switch. They have to be better. This regression is a big step back and side loading was the biggest draw to Android for me personally.

  • My understanding was that the s24 had ai features that were free for a year that later turned into a subscription to use. I don’t know if that has changed or not.

    If not, I wonder if the photos app has some advertisement to subscribe when you open editing even if not using ai features.

  • I agree with you, I just said it was a fair point to move the conversation forward. I genuinely have not used a Samsung device and don’t know anyone with one.

    So, I was hoping the response would lead to more information about them. I was hoping I was wrong about it as they make cool phones.

  • Aside from politics, do scientists actually know what causes autism? Sorry if this question is ignorant, but I have no clue about that.

  • iCloud is a fair point, but the Apple watch app can be deleted. Can Facebook be deleted from a Samsung phone if it’s preinstalled? Level 1 techs podcast occasionally mentions apps being downloaded to the phone automatically.

    Does that stuff really happen on Samsung?

  • Other than telemetry, can you point them out as I’m not aware of those in the iPhone.

  • I’d consider switching to a Samsung phone if it didn’t contain a bunch of bloat. Don’t have ads in the operating system, don’t block side loading, don’t be loaded with telemetry. Don’t have software features in the phone that you need to subscribe for, don’t have in app purchases for the default apps that come with the phone.

    If they get to this point, then they are on par with iPhone. Google seems to be closer, but they are behind in performance.

    I’m happy to get a $700ish iPhone that I will use for 4-5 years.

    If a phone has preinstalled apps that can be removed, I’m pretty much not even remotely interested.

  • I agree he sucks, I didn’t know if he did something specific while hosting.