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I can't stand reskins on android. Launcher you can change,but system not,without bootloader unlocks at least. The bloat is real and a bitch to get rid of and even if you adb it,you still have the overall android reskin.
Why do these companies feel the need to bloat android to such extent is beyond me.
Normally, I'd agree with you. Samsung does put some stupid bloatware apps that you have to disable (which I understand is not the same as uninstalling). But in this case I think that Samsung's quick settings are better than stock which looks like this. The amount of space wasted there is insane.
Exactly this. Also, Samsung built a lot of functionality into the OS and did it better than Google in many cases.
I think Samsung has done an awful job on their UI. I can't place why, I just hate it.
I think OnePlus has done really well, keeping close to stock Android but improving on it too.
Hmm. What you've posted isn't far off Samsung's shade, except for some weirdly wide buttons at the top and a media controller that doesn't add anything to the experience.
Yes it's got minor but not insignificant aesthetic differences, but to say Samsung's is awful and then hold this up as an example of good design... π€
Here's my Samsung's shade in its two positions (which can be changed to open fully on the first swipe if preferred).
You can just remove those device and media control buttons from the quick panel layout.
Eh, I don't have a problem with them π€·ββοΈ
Samsung's quick settings is okay, I should've clarified. I just think the rest of their UI sucks ass
I have the pixel 7 pro and on the quick settings alone I'm considering switching to Samsung.
It isn't enough that the gigantic pill shaped monstrosities look bad, they are also crazy easy to accidentally hit (literally never experienced this pre android 12), eat up a huge unnecessary chunk of notification shade for no reason or benefit and don't even let users toggle wifi (previously the overwhelmingly most used qs function, at least for me) because they chose to add a redundant menu that is a worse version of what the long press of wifi did (and still does on "internet").
I've got a long history of badmouthing the Samsung changes but Google have entirely lost the plot, it genuinely seems as though they're deliberately making it worse. Some of the previous criticisms of Samsung skins still apply, but even the one UI version I hated on my S10+ is comfortabley better than the Google design now.
Tbf this looks extremely close to Samsung's layout but with an added widget and long buttons which are like Google's, which I think waste space.
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