yet another useless feature annoyance
Android already blocks sideloading by default at an operating system level.
it is, the useless annoyance is what Samsung 's Version of Android is
introducing.
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.
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.
1.) Don’t buy a Samsung phone
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.
You can see the instructions to disable it in the screenshot of the thumbnail.
This article is pointless.
- Return the Samsung phone
- Buy from a company that isn’t hostile towards its customers
