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yet another useless feature annoyance

Android already blocks sideloading by default at an operating system level.

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Which is a sensible choice security-wise.

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it is, the useless annoyance is what Samsung is introducing

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it is, the useless annoyance is what Samsung 's Version of Android is introducing.

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Is it? Android already disables sideloading by default, requires each source to ask for permission, and prompts the user before each install. How does Samsung’s additional setting improve security?

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no. the notion that sideloading is bad for security is apple propaganda

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Apple should take this approach

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Not really

You can disable it by default

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Android already blocks sideloading by default at an operating system level.

…no, it doesn’t?

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the article explains it

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Explains what? This is not something that requires an explanation.

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You can see the instructions to disable it in the screenshot of the thumbnail.

This article is pointless.

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Came here to say exactly this. Dumb rage bait.

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It is also only enabled by default on new phones and during OOBE setup there’s a toggle for this.

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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.

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I mean this goes for “news” in general.

Some days are slower than others. If you’re not producing “news”, you’re not making money.

What do you do? Fabricate “news” whenever you can.

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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.

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  1. Return the Samsung phone
  2. Buy from a company that isn’t hostile towards its customers
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Buy from a company that isn’t hostile towards its customers

LOL good luck with that one

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Idk, Fairphone served me well

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Unfortunately it’s not available around the globe

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1.) Don’t buy a Samsung phone

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My last Samsung phone was the Galaxy S1

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Why so much hate on Samsung?

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Besides what the other user said, they recently made it a requirement for accredited phone services that they destroy any samsung phones along with their data, that they receive for servicing, if they have found that the user has done “unauthorized servicing” on it.
This is the next step after making the phones practically impossible to be disassembled, which they have done years ago.

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Not gonna speak for anyone else but it’s all the bloatware and spyware for me.

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