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Google confirms Android attacks; no fix for most Samsung users

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208 points mohi-kalantari | 3 comments | 08 Dec 25 16:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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knorker ◴[08 Dec 25 23:22 UTC] No.46199072[source]▶
Why anybody would buy a Samsung product at this point I don't understand.

Every single Samsung product I've had to use is actively user hostile. Like a petty kind of hostile.

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1. morshu9001 ◴[09 Dec 25 06:06 UTC] No.46201781[source]▶
They're cheap
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2. knorker ◴[09 Dec 25 12:16 UTC] No.46204101[source]▶
If the flaws were just about missing premium features, that'd be one thing.

But it's not. It's petty and abusive. For example, you can't see (I think it was) heart rate if you have a Samsung smart watch, but don't have a Samsung phone. They've gone out of their way to just not provide that, if you instead have a Pixel phone. And you need like 5 gigantic apps installed to manage it. Why is it not just one single Samsung wear app? Because they are abusive.

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3. morshu9001 ◴[09 Dec 25 18:14 UTC] No.46208375[source]▶
I mean that people buy it cause it's cheap, not that it's a good idea. They don't even look at the rest. It's like an Altima.

Personally have no reason to consider anything but an iPhone, even if it has to be used.