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What are some of the best alternatives? With comparable specs (in the US)?
Right now I have a Fold and honestly really like the foldables. Though I think the Pixel Fold is my only alternative there.
If you mean the S24, the equivalent from Sony would be the Xperia 5 V. Has audio jack and sd card compared to the S24, Sony batteries last 2 days even after several years of use thanks to excellent optimization and battery care, there’s almost zero bloat. On the downside it will only get 2 years of upgrades (until the end of 2025). Also you can’t unlock the bootloader on US models if that’s something you care about.
https://gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=12773&idPhone2=12534
I believe you can purchase the OnePlus Open in the US. It’s listed on their US website and I have heard of people living in the US using it.
I think the Pixel Fold might be the best option for a foldable phone, because (just like all other Pixels) you can flash it with a private, secure, open-source ROM like GrapheneOS.
- Return the Samsung phone
- Buy from a company that isn’t hostile towards its customers
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Idk, Fairphone served me well
Unfortunately it’s not available around the globe
1.) Don’t buy a Samsung phone
Why so much hate on Samsung?
My last Samsung phone was the Galaxy S1
yet another useless feature
Android already blocks sideloading by default at an operating system level.
Which is a sensible choice security-wise.
Is it? Android already disables audeliading by default, requires each source to ask for permission, and prompts the user before each install. How does Samsung’s additional setting improve security?
it is, the useless annoyance is what Samsung is introducing
it is, the useless annoyance is what Samsung 's Version of Android is
introducing.… thats the same thing
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Sorta
I’m just pointing out that the entirety of Samsung’s Android adds literally nothing of value to the user to the android experience and only serves to, at best, annoy. Not just this one particular feature.
I think perhaps something has gone wrong with the phrasing or something, because it seemed you were saying the exact same thing but … less clearly?
it is, the useless annoyance is what Samsung*'s Version of Android* is
which now I edit that so it doesn’t have a strike through I actually understand what you mean. It was a bit difficult to parse that originally
Not really
You can disable it by default
Apple should take this approach
no. the notion that sideloading is bad for security is apple propaganda
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the article explains it
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what you and I quoted comes from the article, and it’s true
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Was this generated with AI? Most of the text seems to be unrelated filler for an article with a direct question in the headline.
Here’s how to re-enable it
Answered at the very end of the article, as is customary these days. The answer is “do the exact thing the popup tells you to do”. If you needed an article for that, you’re probably better off leaving the setting enabled.
I think that’s just the nature of smartphone related journalism at the moment. It’s sort of a reflection of where the industry is at: lacking substance and focused on short-termism above all else. In the media this translates to a never-ending hype circle around the latest releases, rumours and “leaks”. Everything else has some clickbait name and a bunch of poorly written, irrelevant filler to pad out the “article” for SEO purposes.
The question in the title is just a hook, but this is still an article, not a Q&A.
The text tells why the feature matters, tells it’s redundant, lists the phones affected by it, echoes some Samsung notes about the feature, and answers the question. It’s a report on a particular feature, I wouldn’t call it a filler.
You can see the instructions to disable it in the screenshot of the thumbnail.
This article is pointless.
Came here to say exactly this. Dumb rage bait.
It is also only enabled by default on new phones and during OOBE setup there’s a toggle for this.
