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Google confirms Android attacks; no fix for most Samsung users

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208 points mohi-kalantari | 2 comments | 08 Dec 25 16:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.516s | 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. magicalhippo ◴[09 Dec 25 10:08 UTC] No.46203262[source]▶
I've been Samsung since S3, but recently picked up a cheap Motorola as a secondary. Been pretty satisfied with it, clearly not as fancy as the S23 I got, but decent enough. However they only get 2 years of Android updates, and I'm getting spammed by Motorola at least once a week of not more to install some silly game or whatnot.

I've also not been terribly impressed by the UX changes Samsung has made recently, lots of questionable decisions there.

What other decent options are out there?

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2. dJLcnYfsE3 ◴[09 Dec 25 12:38 UTC] No.46204278[source]▶
https://www.androidauthority.com/phone-update-policies-16586... has summary of phone manufacturers update policy. It looks like for now the answer is: if you don't want an IPhone then grab Pixel and install GrapheneOS on it.

So no decent options for out-of-box experience.