I nearly scrolled past this headline as usual. But it ended up being an interesting well written article.
Worth a read if your interested in the topic.
MusketeerX
joined 2 years ago
Yeah, I want they opposite of that, all meat no shell!
Yeah, I'm only keeping it because of the grandfathered deal. If they scrap that I'll just cancel and save the money. Better in my pocket than Google's!
I've been a bit stuck on Samsung phones.
If I think about why, it's mainly due to two things, in order of importance:
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One UI and Samsung Goodlock. I'm probably going to get roasted for this, but I like Samsung's UI a lot more than other varieties of Android. When My Note 10 went in for repairs in 2021, a friend lent me their Pixel 6 Pro (they didn't like it and went back to an I iPhone) For me it felt very basic and I was happy to go back to my Note. People hate on Samsung's UI, but I reckon it's gotten really good in the last few years.
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The S-Pen. I'm not using it constantly, but I am using it several times a week and love having it there. Main uses for me are not to make notes (I'd rather type). I use it as a shutter button, planting my phone somewhere stable and taking less shaky photos. I use it to edit photos, so much better than using my finger. I use it to sign documents (probably only about once a month but it's so handy to have it when you need it).
I do also like Dex for when I'm on holidays and I can plug it into a hotel TV with my mini Bluetooth keyboard/mouse. But that only gets used once or twice a year so I could live without it.
Given the above, I feel like Samsung has me by the b*lls right now when it comes to phones! I don't know if that would be described as "loyalty", but I have been sticking with the brand.
I'm relying on some of you folks to do a "trial" for me and let me know. Your efforts are appreciated 😛
Yeah. If it gets enshittified or sold to a dodgy company, I'd not hesitate to migrate.
Might bookmark this thread for if (when?) that time comes.
Using Authy. Pretty happy with it. It's key feature for me has been the ability to easily restore if you lose, reset or upgrade your device, without having to mess around with your own backup and syncing.
Would suck to reset your phone and discover the sync had failed and the backup was not up to date.
I would like to have it on Wear OS though....
Yes, Connect For Lemmy had this.
Every few months I keep re-trying SwiftKey and the Samsung Keyboard, but I keep going back to GBoard because when I swipe it gets it right a lot more of the time than the other two.
I can feel the stress and tension from here 😬😬
Felt a bit bad for Ons ☹️
Maybe she needs a good sports psych...
Nice. Do you know where this is?