Not sure if it is like that because I’m in Korea, but on my Samsung S9 Samsung is injecting ads for their new S24 in my notifications. I’ve had the phone for 5 years and this is the first time I see ads in my phone notifications, unbelievable.

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      My first samsung was wonderful and lasted me quite some time, my second one was asking me to add so many apps and accept so many permissions that I regret buying it. I don’t want to create waste by throwing it out but…

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        you can always install a custom rom.

        samsung hardware is quite decent still despite their software being garbage

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      I think that’s some app. Maybe one from Samsung, but it’s not the OS itself. OP probably unknowingly opted in to something. I have two S10e and never had an ad in the notifications. I don’t have a Samsung account. Could be related. … or it’s really a regional thing.

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    Samsung pushed an app in an update that plastered ads for charities all over my lock screen. Disabled that shit and my next phone isn’t going to be a Samsung.

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      Disabled that shit and my next phone isn’t going to be a Samsung.

      You won’t be able to disable that sort of things in most other phones, though. It’s not like China crap won’t push ads and Samsung has second best Android support after Fairphone.

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        You won’t be able to disable that sort of things in most other phones, though.

        LOL. You tryna sell me a Samsung at a 100% discount? Because I’d still maybe need you to cover shipping fees on that if that’s okay? Not tryna pay more than $0 to get spied on.

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          Samsungs hardware is pretty nice, but only when its running LineageOS or similar. Man their ux is awful.

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            OneUI UX is way superior to Lineage. Specially the newer OneUI 6. Lineage abuses tiles and toggles and it’s just ugly as sin overall.

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            Man their ux is awful.

            Samsung pioneered a UX on big screens that works with only one thumb. It took Google a while to adapt that to upstream Android. Ports of OneUI to community ROMs are quite popular on XDA Developers.

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        And they wonder why they can’t compete with the iPhone

        Samsung is ahead of Apple in almost every market.

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          Their hardware has been, with few exceptions, very nice. It’s sad to see they’re embracing the enshittification with such gusto on the software side… I mean, it was always bloated, even when they made BREW phones, but this is a whole nuther level.

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              100% agree, though since I bought my pixel with a headphone jack I haven’t wanted to use it once in the 2 years that I’ve had the phone so… 🤷

              I honestly thought I would use it one or need it a lot more frequently.

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            So? Worldwide sales obviously include countries like the US. I made clear with my comment that I didn’t mean worldwide sales.

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              Well the companies specifically. If we’re talking about two companies competing with each other it’s in what they’re trying to achieve.

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            I was talking about most individual markets, not worldwide combined market share. There’s a difference and no amount of down voting changes that.

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              Perhaps you should have been clearer then, as evidently many people are not seeing it that way.

              Perhaps that’s why you’re being downvoted. As if you care about those anyway, it isn’t really a measure we should use.

              Take care!

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                I wrote “in almost every market” which is as clear as it can be. I’m being downvoted because die hard Samsung haters see red immediately and don’t care about facts.

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                  Dude you have no idea why people are downvoting you and I don’t want to get involved in a conjecture based debate.

                  All I can say is what I know and honestly I don’t give a shit what phone you use. Or toilet paper or porn site. You do you my guy.

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      I’m desperately trying to find a new phone that isn’t a Samsung. I switched by force from LG to Samsung and even though the Samsung was 3 years newer, it was a downgrade.

      It pushes so many notifications I have given up. I’m going to have to spend $1400 on a Sony just to retain my SD card slot and get rid of the bloatware.

      Since starting my hunt, my garbage s20 is pushing so many s24 ads. Guess how many phones have an SD card slot and a FHD+ screen?

      Nine. 4 of them are made by Sony.

      Edit: I forgot to mention that my samsung phone also gave me a notification Ad for the S24. I didn’t think to screenshot it because my notifications are so aggressive that I have become brain dead to this bullshit. I can clear a wall of 15 and within 3 minutes have another wall of 10.

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        The fairphone 5 has an SD slot, oled FHD and replaceable battery to boot

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          Since Fairphone 4, they are really good mid range smartphones. Price is higher, but gotta pay for the ethics somehow.

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            I’m super happy with my Fairphone 3 as well (I upgraded the camera to 3+), but the newer models seem to have made major improvements indeed.

            Still, for anyone who doesn’t need anything too fancy but who insist on having a headphone jack, a used Fairphone 3 is a good option. Buy a new battery for it and it’ll be good as new. :)

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          the entire phone pieces are replaceable 💀💀, but i also recomend

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        I’d definitely recommend Sony for the features I value: battery life, MicroSD slot, and headphone jack. They’re the only manufacturer doing this with their high end phones. I’d go with the $1000 Xperia 5 V if I was looking for a flagship. It has a headphone jack, MicroSD slot, great performance, and outstanding battery life.

        If you’re on a budget in the US, go with the Motorola G Stylus 5G (2023). Adequate performance, good battery life, headphone jack, MicroSD slot, lots of internal storage, 120hz FHD+ screen, for $250-$300.

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          Seriously appreciate the suggestions because I have to catch up on phone specs since I never care about phones until I need to upgrade.

          I had a couple hours to pick my current phone and my list of complaints and serious issues with it is outrageously long. I was seriously upset when LG left the phone market, and can’t believe how overlooked and downtrodden their phones were.

          For me personally, I’m all about minimal bloatware, the best screen quality, at least decent chip performance, and expandable storage.

          Bloat for obvious reasons.

          Screen quality due to me usually only watching TV when with my spouse and/or sailing. Otherwise I’m using my phone.

          My s20 FE’s chip is ok, but it was barely a jump from my v30, and now it’s feeling slow when I use a lot of CPU intensive apps. I’ve noticed detrimental file degradation when moving large files around my phone unless I clear all app usage and even then it can still create artifacts, and take a long time.

          SD slot because the service in my area is garbage and I could never count on cloud storage that will also inevitably grow as I age. Plus sailing.

          The moto being an LCD is pretty much a deal breaker for me. The 5V isn’t available here. The 1V is the only thing that checks every box, but the price is exorbant, the lack of wifi calling, bad auto photo mode, questionable durability, poor software support, lack of in depth reviews, and the general mystery surrounding the Sony software and UI makes me extremely hesitant for what I intend to be at least a 5 year phone.

          I’m probably going to bite the bullet and get the Sony, but I’m still just so frustrated with the phone market. I keep getting the same responses from people like: “I just pay $5 a month for 500G”.

          LIKE YOU REALIZE THAT THOSE HIGH RES CAMERAS YOU PAID A PREMIUM FOR ARE GOING TO CREATE LARGER FILES RIGHT? WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF THE 500G YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY $15 FOR THE NEXT TIER, EVERY MONTH, UNTIL YOU RUN OUT OF SPACE, WHICH WILL HAPPEN FAST WHEN YOUR 1 HOUR 4K 120FPS AI EFFECTS EDITED VIDEOS OF YOUR NEWBORNS BIRTH TAKE UP 20G, AND THEN IF YOU CANT AFFORD IT THEN YOUR CHERISHED MEMORIES WILL BE HELD HOSTAGE UNTIL YOU CAN PAY THE FEE TO STORE THEM, WHERE? ON A GODDAMN MEMORY CARD.

          You know how every streaming provider is jacking their prices because people are hooked on their platform? That’s what companies will be doing with your cherished memories within the next 2 years.

          Sorry for the rant. I’m a little high. Appreciate the suggestions buddy!

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            If you want something cheaper with a great display and great performance and can stomach the lack of expandable storage, and some bloatware, go with the OnePlus 12. Once you remove it, the phone will absolutely fly.

            If you are okay with a no expandable storage and worse screen (still a bright OLED) and want less bloatware and/or are on a tighter budget, go with the Motorola Edge+ (2023). It still has 512GB internal and costs just $600.

            As for the cloud storage problem, I suggest you have some kind of external drives, or even a high capacity laptop or desktop. You can transfer files with a cable, and storage is quite cheap, although the price (at least for SSDs) is climbing up and will probably continue to do so this year. Currently, I have 3TB of SSDs in my laptop and a 4TB external drive for my backups, while important backups are also stored in the cloud, which take up under 100GB total.

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              Expandable storage is #1, great screen would just barely edge out excessive bloatware for #2.

              I guess I’m just removed at this point because I know the sony is the only one that will fit what I want. Motorola is so close to filling the space that LG left behind, it’s unfortunate they haven’t realized they are just two features short of being unique at their price point. They don’t have the ecosystem, aren’t trying to create one, so why not pack in the features everyone else ignores?

              I just really wish the EU could somehow create an argument to require memory card slots. I’ve been trying my best to come up with one myself, just to put it out there in the world.

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                I say vote with your wallet and get the Sony if you don’t like my other suggestions. Your choice as a consumer will show that people still care about expandable storage.

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          Got a Redmi Note 12 from them for €180, replaced their version of the OS (riddled with pre-installed apps) with the clean one (MIUI) and from a software usability it’s a nice as the old (old, old) One Plus from way before the enshittification trend that it replaced and, of course, it’s light-years ahead in terms of hardware.

          Granted, a little technical knowhow is very usefull to install a clean OS on an Android phone (I used to make Android apps at some point in my career, so that helps).

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        I got a Samsung midrange with expandable storage and I’m realizing all those features the galaxy has exclusively I never used or cared for in the long term

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          I could stick with samsung if it wasn’t for their bloatware and their terrible push notifications. And their UI. And their terrible ecosystem that pushes more data collection. And their terrible integration with google products. And their terrible boot system that pushes updates in the middle of the night, but doesn’t fully restart the phone so your texts, calls, and alarms don’t come through.

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      Samsung: “So you’re going to go with Motorola… Sony… Or…Apple?? That’s what I thought.”

      They know they have the android market share cornered and can essentially do what they want

      Why the hell do you think they removed expandable storage on their flag$hip line?.…

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        Im 100% going Sony this year because I prefer s9 features to the giant telescope cam and ai BS that expires on jan 1 2025

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    my previous samsung TV plastered a huge Doom Eternal AD into my settings panel…

    my new samsung TV is not connected to the net, lol.

    My PLex, Yotutube, Netflix goes through my NVidia shield.

    TV comes from a box through a HDMI cable.

    and Playstation is playstation.

    0 need to connect that shit to the net

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      Samsung Smart TV owner here. Connected to Internet for steam link and found out app is no longer available to download.

      I realized then my fast input section at the home screen was replaced with TV apps and In order to change inputs, I had to go to another sub category of “connected devices” nstead of being able to do it from home with the shortcuts

      I reset the TV, connected to the Internet but did NOT agree to smart hub this time… Now my quick input selection is back

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          Not that I can see…once you opt into smart hub it takes over the home page… I wasn’t going to bother fucking with it. I was also pissed steam link was removed…my only reason for downloading apps on my previous samsung tv

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      I have my TV on a VLAN that doesn’t have internet access. I don’t want it to be able to access the internet, but still want to be able to control it using Home Assistant.

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    And that’s why you only buy phones where you can install a custom ROM, and then kick any poisonous bloatware and google shit off before starting to use it.

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      Edit2: I learned about GSI roms and DSU Sideloading is a thing https://github.com/VegaBobo/DSU-Sideloader

      Yeah unfortunately that Custom ROM scene is dying out, I see that plenty of older phones are still supported (e.g. Galaxy Note 3, Samsung S5, kind of all Xiaomis) but newer phones are just a handful of models which its bootloader can be unlocked, and then some of these have support for Magisk and TWRP but sadly no custom ROMs.

      Edit: still the ability to root these and unbloat them is better than nothing.

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      And that’s why you only buy phones where you can install a custom ROM

      Info update request. What is the current/best/uptodate websites to go to in 2024 to see that list of devices?

      Also to such a thing also exist for tablets?

      Thanks in advance.

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    I know this is completely unrelated, but I think I’d actually find it impossible to get to 11:50 in the day with only 7 steps. That’s a one way trip to the toilet…

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    Samsung is like the Internet in the pop up ads days. Free yourself from that garbage.

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    Custom ROMs FTW… no, seriously, most samsung phones have support for at least some custom ROMs and GSIs so it might be worth it to take a look at the options available for your device

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      I have a OnePlus 9 pro and I love lineageos but the camera… The camera is just way better on stock :(

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        It’s alright, not as good as stock by default (unless you’re using ncx which is oneui but not sh!t) but there are ways to improve it (using a custom version of gcam)

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          … and again. Not the same.

          Do not get me wrong. I used to love custom ROMs since the days of android 1.6.

          But if I pay 500€ and more for a phone I would not risk to unlock the bootloader. For my specific device (Samsung A52s) the camera app does not even open if I unlock the bootloader using the stock ROM.

          Unfortunately it is not feasible for every day use. Camera, payments, netflix…

          For an old phone, yes. It’s a good idea.

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            My phone is an A52s 5G and I got it specifically because you can mod it to oblivion, this phone has a huge modding community atm. Most ROMs include a workaround for netflix and as I stated above, there are ways to make the camera just as good as stock (I haven’t bothered, as imo the custom ROM’s camera is good enough), and as for payments… Yeah, got nothing there, GWallet used to work but google has been actively fighting against it, so it doesn’t anymore. I, personally am more than willing to drop GWallet to use a custom ROM… The amount of customization, community support, no fcking ads in the quick access menu and the knowledge that it’s my phone, I choose what is installed on it and what isn’t and unlimited GPhotos storage via a trick that most custom ROMs use is just way too good to pass on…

            E: Idk wym by “camera doesn’t open if I unlock the bootloader” seems to work fine for me on CrDroid (custom ROM). Amd my question is, why would you use the stock rom if you’ve already went through the effort of unlocking the bootloader, OneUI sucks…

            Imo it’s a good idea on any phone. Period. It’s MY phone, I BOUGHT it, I get to choose how long it gets updates for, what is installed and what happens to it, NOT samsung or the ISP…

            E2: You got seriously ripped off, if you paid 500 Euro for an A52S

            spoiler

            Also netflix 💀

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      Yeah, Samsung charges more for their products here than they do in other, even richer countries because they can. Korea’s economy is super protectionist. Understandably so since Hyundai, Samsung, LG, et al basically run the country.