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.
Bro you’re doing good, only 9993 steps to go
At 11am. What a life.
I haven’t seen that on my S10e; my carrier texts me about twice a year wanting me to upgrade because of course.
Hello fellow s10e enjoyer.
Perfectly cromulent phone; I don’t want a new one, I want them to keep supporting this one.
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Agreed. I’m no cultural expert, but it really does seem like they put our oligarchy to shame with their level of roughshod running.
Possibly related
“No more Karoshi” protest spreading soon.
Samsung has gone full HP since about 5-10 years ago. They used to have awesome products, now it’s just bloatware crap riding on customer goodwill that they built up over decades
One way to make me consider a different brand then.
That’s really good anti-advertising.
Pretty much. How to guarantee I will never buy your brand ever again. Not that I would ever buy a Samsung anyway. Or anything preloaded with Facebook for that matter.
I think you haven’t seen how notification bar of a typical android user over 40 looks like. It’s usually 3 meters of random application bloat, music/movie/audiobook ads and three different weather widgets.
Digital hygiene is something only a very small percentage of users follow, so such ad might as well work while surrounded by 5 other ads
I experienced this on my Galaxy Tab A7 (in India), a few years ago. Using Universal Android Debloater got rid of this.
Wow, first the tv now the phone, i’m not surprised when someone come saying their fridge and washing machine is doing this too.
Awful… Should be illegal.
I’ll literally never buy a Samsung phone again if these fuckers push ads to my device.
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.
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.
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!
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 $600.
As for the cloud storage problem, I suggest you have some kind of external drives, or even a high capacity laptop or desktop. You can transfer files with a cable, and storage is quite cheap, although the price (at least for SSDs) is climbing up and will probably continue to do so this year. Currently, I have 3TB of SSDs in my laptop and a 4TB external drive for my backups, while important backups are also stored in the cloud, which take up under 100GB total.
Expandable storage is #1, great screen would just barely edge out excessive bloatware for #2.
I guess I’m just bitching at this point because I know the sony is the only one that will fit what I want. Motorola is so close to filling the space that LG left behind, it’s unfortunate they haven’t realized they are just two features short of being unique at their price point. They don’t have the ecosystem, aren’t trying to create one, so why not pack in the features everyone else ignores?
I just really wish the EU could somehow create an argument to require memory card slots. I’ve been trying my best to come up with one myself, just to put it out there in the world.
I got a Samsung midrange with expandable storage and I’m realizing all those features the galaxy has exclusively I never used or cared for in the long term
The fairphone 5 has an SD slot, oled FHD and replaceable battery to boot
Samsung: “So you’re going to go with Motorola… Sony… Or…Apple?? That’s what I thought.”
They know they have the android market share cornered and can essentially do what they want
Why the hell do you think they removed expandable storage on their flag$hip line?.…
Trash company, throw it on the pile with all the other ad companies.
I’m happy that I never connected my TV to the internet.
You sure this is coming from Samsung and not from a malicious app you have?
The title of the app is “Katrot”, so I’m pretty sure it’s not Samsung.
That’s the notification underneath.
Have you got the customisation service turned on in settings? I’ve never seen an ad in my notifications and until recently I was using a Samsung of similar age.
What in the absolute fuck?
I know you can turn them off (I think it’s a setting in the galaxy store or something) but this is getting ridiculous.
Edit: christ, it’s not just one setting anymore, it seems: https://www.androidcentral.com/how-turn-ads-your-samsung-phone
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I don’t know about how well it supports Korean language though.
Would work great if samsung actually let people unlock the bootloader. Afaik you can’t do it in certain regions like North America.
