Samsung is working on a new AI experience for its devices that will help you use your phone without ever accessing the Settings menu.

80 points

Oh, fuck off.

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6 points

Guys… these phones aren’t for people like us anymore. The days of computers being just for techies who like to tinker are over because the market for “normal” people is so much larger, and the causal user just wants to text some people and watch some videos. They neither want nor need the things that we consider fundamental, so don’t get frustrated that the shiny stuff now isn’t aimed at us.

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3 points

Agreed but I still agree with op :)

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It’s a fair point, and I used to read a lot of articles that made me say “fuck off”, but eventually I realised it was happening regardless of my grumbles so I may as well not let them stress me out!

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51 points

They don’t want you to disable things they can make money off of you with.

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When you think about it, you can’t really disable anything.

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That’s why I’m running GrapheneOS, where I can actually disable things.

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4 points

uh that makes sense.

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20 points

Man my s24 can’t do shit I want easily that my s9 could years ago

How the fuck is “Ai” supposed to improve anything

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7 points

Like what? Seriously curious

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8 points

Turning off notifications in the top menu for certain apps. They come up saying x is connected and I can’t clear that any more.

Turn off Google and bixby rubbish and have it stay off and not come back after every update.

Removing a lot of the bloat apps. Can only disable them now not remove.

They are what come to mind off the top of my head.

Don’t get me wrong there are many things better, but I use my phone for basic shit and liked it the way it was earlier *

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Is that first one Samsung or Android?

Like ok Google and Bixby? The only time I remember it coming up on s21 was when I touch earbuds with wet hands.

Yeah that sucks.

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I guess giving you less control over your device is an improvement for them, otherwise their service wouldn’t be obliged to destroy self serviced phones

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I’m still rocking my S8 active, and I’ll keep doing it until the battery dies or catches fire. Nothing they’ve added to phones in the last 7 years is worth it, imo

Only problem is that the storage is almost full from apps leaking data into locations not accessible from userland, so I’ll have to root it at some point. But I’m confident it got another 2-3 years in it

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What a waste of time and money !

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25 points

Already sick of all this AI bollocks…

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