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[–] Kbobabob 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] chiliedogg 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

Well my $1800 phone has push notification ads for mobile games I can't disable because Samsung flags the Galaxy Store as a system app so you can't disable notifications. You can see here that the option is greyed out.

They also install shitty games with "security updates" every month or so.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Never seen those before on my Samsung tablet.

[–] chiliedogg 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's been really bad recently on my Fold 3, but didn't start happening until about a year after I got the phone.

I think they wait for all the reviews and "1 year updates" from the YouTubers to pull this shit.

They honestly can't make that much off this bullshit on a per-device level. My phone costs more than 2 cars I've owned, and I could just buy a Pixel Fold next upgrade, so it wouldn't take a huge percentage of users jumping ship to mage or more costly than profitable.

If MKBHS, Linus Tech Tips, etc called them out in their reviews of Samsung devices it would stop overnight.

[–] Narauko 1 points 4 months ago

Dear God yes, why the fuck is my Fold trying to install fucking candy crush and a bunch of other games every time it does a software update?! And recently it has a new system app trying to install games as well, that comes back if dismissed in any other way than opening it to get the offers and then clicking on the never option. And apparently never is like 3-6 months according to Samsung, because it does come back.

I really hope the Pixel Fold 2 is a solid phone, because that is where I plan to migrate to after nothing but Samsung phones since the Note 3, which was has been all downhill since TBH (RIP microSD cards).

[–] ikidd 1 points 4 months ago

Samsung pays them too much for them to rock the boat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I'm so glad that the launcher I use has a "Recently Installed Apps" button at the bottom of the apps list. It makes it so easy to go through and scrub the bullshit they install on my phone.

[–] big_slap 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can kinda turn them off if you silence it like I did

[–] chiliedogg 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's actually a way to kill them, but it's super hidden.

You have to go to the phone notification settings, go into advanced settings, select the option to disable notification categories per app, then go back into notification settings, open the app list, open the three-dot menu and select system apps, then find the Galaxy store, then select categories to disable.

Easy, right?

[–] big_slap 1 points 4 months ago

hmm, so... I had the notifications category set to on. by doing this, I could see the different categories, so I think you have to have it on to select the correct categories instead of switching it off like you said.

HOWEVER, check this bullshit out:

I can't turn important updates off, and there's one they don't even let me see. wtf!! I wish there was another company that did folding phones as good as Samsung 😢

[–] Kbobabob 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So you want the batteries to not show ads? I don't understand. Do you have any actual relatable issues between the batteries and other products?

[–] chiliedogg 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How about the time they had to recall their flagship phones because the batteries were exploding and ended up being banned by the FAA?

So they changed our all the batteries, and re-released the phones, only for them to start blowing up again?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] chiliedogg 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

When 2 different manufacturers both have a design catching fire, it's the design that's the problem.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

The first was a design issue, the second was a manufacturing issue. Both should have been caught by Samsung's QA.

[–] mrvictory1 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Use ADB to disable Store and AppCloud (adware/nagware that should be killed with fire). No, not the notifications, the apps themselves.

[–] chiliedogg 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's ludicrous that my phone costs more than 2 different cars I've owned and I have to go through this kind of bullshit so they can make another 15 cents on average per user.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

so why would you buy an $1800 phone if you can't root it and load some FOSS on it?

[–] chiliedogg 2 points 4 months ago

Because I don't want to lose my warranty on a phone with a soft plastic foldable screen.

Yeah, denying warranty for rooting is technically illegal, but knowing that doesn't do anything for me.

[–] Freefall -2 points 4 months ago

Nova Launcher and set the first page of the app drawer as empty. Then when it does that, you see them and can uninstall. Samsung is trash, but I also don't care if I drop my phone in the ocean, cause it isn't $1400...so a trade-off.