Just a little bit more privacy invasion. C’mon, juuuust a little… 'till you no longer notice.

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    2 months ago

    Is there any other brands that make phones with pen support, and doesn’t drop support for their phones the moment they come up with a design with a slightly upgraded chip?

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    Never heard of glance. It’s an ai shopping tool? I couldn’t make sense of it, but I didn’t spend much time either.

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    2 months ago

    Do I want my face in ads? No. Not at all.

    Would I want this same tech used to character swap myself into movies, or just swap actors in whatever? …okay yeah that might be kinda fun novelty.

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      2 months ago

      you know the iphone basically started this whole shit, right?

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            2 months ago

            How so? I went from Android to iPhone and one of the biggest reasons I kept it was the lack of consumer-hostile intrusive bullshit that seems to be everywhere on Google and Samsung products.

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              2 months ago

              by making the iphone. ads were not the primary source of revenue for applications before that.

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                Again, what are you basing that on? Many websites, games, etc. that had traditionally only been accessible on a desktop/laptop were already primarily using ads for monetization at that point (I should know, I was using a lot of them). Blaming Apple for simply making the first handheld devices capable of running similar software makes absolutely zero sense.

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                  2 months ago

                  adware was definitely not the norm before smartphones. I’m not talking about websites, I’m talking about applications. when were games using ads for monetization?

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      Lineage (privacy focused) & e/os (+de-googled) android is the way
      Even supports like 2013(?) Phones with new security updates
      At least a lot of phones that dont get software support anymore still have very good hardware

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      Hahahahhahahha no, iPhone isn’t better.

      Apple waits for android to cop the shit, then they do the same. Won’t be long untill they’re pushing the same thing to you iPhone people.

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        Apple waits for android to cop the shit, then they do the same. Won’t be long untill they’re pushing the same thing to you iPhone people.

        You left out Apple’s strongest point: and afterwards claiming they invented it.

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        Apple TV: No ads. Been around for over a decade.

        Google TV: homescreen ads for a decade+ and even pushed onto Nvidia shield owners who originally may have bought the devices because Nvidia made a premium customized version without ads until they got tired of that and put ads in.

        Apple has problems but ads aren’t a big one.

        Neither big company is your friend. They both exploit workers and are both bad.

        It’s just Google tends to be better at cutting edge bad like enabling genocide with their products and stuffing ads down the throats of people while Apple tries to maintain a crunchier appearance and vibe and is fine reaping 30% App Store fees on all transactions and making side loading very hard.

        Apple rips you off on low storage and high costs to upgrade compared to Google/Samsung it’s definitely true.

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      Sucksung customers, iirc, at least have an option to unlock the bootloader and install a custom ROM that doesn’t phone corporates whatsoever. Iphones, tho, will always phone crapple, so that’s a questionable choice as well.

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    Just want to say that Call of duty Black Ops II was pretty fucking accurate up to this point.

    • We have drone strikes.
    • Personalised face ads.
    • worldwide conflicts
    • a fight for rare earth minerals

    But I guess Treyarch was too optimistic about having a women as a POTUS

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      If companies don’t push the envelope, nobody will mark it return to sender.

      So…what’ll probably happen:

      • Samsung does this. It is universally despised.
      • A year will go by, and Google will do this. It will be universally despised.
      • A year will go by, and Apple will do this. It will be loved by Apple users and despised by everyone else.
      • A year will go by and it’s a part of every Android phone on the market. Apple users will accuse Android of “stealing” the feature. Everyone else will despise it.
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    oh noes…the evil guys do evil shit…

    even funnier: i want to be cool and on the edge but not use iphone why wont android do?

    if you support american corporations you are the problem. you are more of a problem then the company itself. still use windows? think iPhones are great? LinkedIn? Insta? WhatsApp?

    EVERY argument I heard was shit. each and every one. “I need it to be part of group x”…“cant work without”…any everytime the shit human just told a lie. the real problem was the absolute lack of character and backbone.

    so i applaud Samsung! the monkey human wants to be treated as such. give them taylor swift, iphones and slap some ai into their “social” feed. cattle loves it!

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      If the network effect doesn’t affect you, chances are you have no.network.

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          Almond Butter Cookies (one person)

          Original recipe (1X) yields 24 servings

          • 2 cups all-purpose flour
          • 1 cup crushed almonds
          • 1 cup butter, softened
          • 7 tablespoons white sugar
          • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
          • ½ teaspoon almond extract
          • 1 teaspoon bull milk

          Preheat oven to 175 degrees C.

          Mix all-purpose flour, almonds, butter, sugar, vanilla extract, bull milk and almond extract in a large bowl until well blended.

          Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

          Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes.

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      Apple is also joining the ‘AI’ game. They have been bragging about all their ‘AI’ garbage in their new phones. That is specifically why I just got rid of my iPhone. I’m happy with GrapheneOS where they don’t want my info, and have shown no signs of wanting to shove ‘AI’ into any of my things.

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    Gross.

    I’m currently in the process of moving everything over to a pixel running GrapheneOS and am glad to be doing so because of shit exactly like this.

    I just want technology that does what I want it to and doesn’t spy on me. Shouldn’t be this hard especially if I pay for the product.

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      Did the same thing last September, my S21 Ultra’s battery was getting tired and I was tired of the Samsung bullshit. So far it’s been great and so has battery life, plus it’s a breath of fresh air to only have apps I want installed without needing ADB to remove them after Google/Samsung decides they want them reinstalled every few weeks.

      Only downfalls have been my broken banking app (which might be the actual app being broken based on Google Play reviews) and the amount of tweaking I needed to do to get OSM as my default map for Android Auto.

      I finally have a phone that actually feels like mine, not just a leased device from the manufacturer.

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        What did you do to get OSM working properly? I’ve not used it enough to get to know it because it’s not been reliable enough for me. But a couple of times it’s taken me as far as a road, but didn’t know where on the road my destination was.

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          You have to use the Google Play version of OSM for Android Auto, plus tweak a setting or two in the advanced settings of AA. As for the maps itself it’s been fine, I use GPS not Google Play Services for location, so I need to make sure the phone is in clear view of the sky for best results, but it still works in the center console of my car. Just make sure your location services are on before opening OSM or it acts funky.

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        Same here man. Was using an s20 for a long time and was generally happy with it but after moving to an s22 due to charging issues, I wasn’t happy with the way that Samsung changed things. I don’t like how they often try to force a Samsung account.

        And I REALLY don’t like this. I should never have to look at baked in ads in my OS that I paid for. I don’t care if its just on the lockscreen because you know that’s only the beginning.

        “Watch this 30 second ad to change your wallpaper”

        No thanks dude.

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    Buddy had the nightmarish idea a while back with all the new generative ai stuff for video chat services injecting ads using the faces/voices of the participants in lieu of payment. Just, regularly-schedule ad breaks in your call where “your friend” suddenly starts talking about how excited they are about Raid: Shadow Legends

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        2 months ago

        Too late, Black Mirror already has an episode about this exact idea (starring Rashida Jones).

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            Lol, I want to believe it was someone who wanted to slow the spread of this concept in the world, lashing out against it the only way they could.

            That said I’ve def bookmarked that episode for watching. I lost track of Black MIrror, it’s a bit tough in that it’s so grim that each episode doesn’t really leave you wanting to watch the next one in my experience. But it’s had some bangers.

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              That one is particularly rage inducing if it’s the one I’m thinking of (I think ep 1 of the new season?).

              Some of the others in the new season aren’t so depressing or rage inducing, though.

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                After having watched it (it was good, watched it with the buddy who had the idea and without telling him why we were watching it, he had a laugh the first time it happened), if you found it a real struggle, definitely don’t read this article about a real company that made a brain implant for epileptics and went under of which the episode heavily reminded me.