This is why I no longer buy Samsung products. They have a history of doing this and other shady behavior.
this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2023
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+1. I bought a high end Samsung tablet. In less than a year they disabled the IR app completely. Their customer support said too bad & fuck you.
Last Samsung I'll ever buy.
What are you buying now?
Probably a Pixel. They're pretty good, especially if you install something like GrapheneOS.
Why are you running root everyone is asking.
That's why.
Why does this dude’s face show up in my feed so often is the real issue here.
That's Louis Rossman, basically the head of the right to repair movement (nobody's really the head but for most intents and purposes it's this guy)
If you support the right to repair, or even if you don't, it wouldn't hurt to look into his stuff
Okay but I see him in a lot of tech related posts lately, also not about right to repair.
He went up against tech industries by getting the right to repair into law.
Now that the train is fully in motion, he's turned his attention to other shitty things that corporations are doing to inform, educate and sometimes fix.
It's a public service and I'd rather have more of him then internet shills who sell their souls for more ad revenue (advocating for dodgy/bad products which in some cases are outright scams, inflating video lengths to 9 mins so they can get extra revenue etc).
He also runs a tech repair shop in New York, I could see him being in a lot of tech stuff you're seeing
Formerly New York, now Texas.
Oof I need to catch up a bit then, when did that happen?
A year or two ago I think. He sold it off and opened a new shop in Texas after becoming sick and tired of dealing with red tape in NYC, paying fees and taxes etc.
Yeah this is pretty much him. Sounds great at first glance but if you spend any time with him he's just another techbro libertarian that thinks he's saving the world. His content is miserable sensationalism that leans so hard on the negative that I genuinely get depressed watching it now. I can't take anything he says at face value, it all feels cynical or coded libertarianist nonsense now.
agreed. big fan of his work on right-to-repair, but find his libertarian pov tiresome.
How is Texas an improvement though
supposedly we're super business/small business friendly. not a business owner, but i expect there are significantly fewer fees and very significantly lower taxes for someone doing business here compared to new york. also a lot less regulation.
it's the same reason a lot of big businesses come here.
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He has a youtube channel that talks about the latest developments in the tech industry. Seems a lot of people like his videos. Its not an "issue" unless you make it one
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is there a TLDW for the people who can't watch videos?
thank you, that article is wow, yea cementing the fact after my s20+ fails I will be jumping brands
Get a Google Pixel and install GrapheneOS. First Smartphone/OS combo I really enjoy, mostly because this device is fucking secure. I just can't bare non-updatabe CFWs, long forgotten branded roms and Google services...
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Thanks
Just another thing to add to the reasons i dont want a samsung device pile
I'm hopping by the time I need my next phone Linux phones will be ready.
"Hey guys, newbie here, just wondering what distro I should go with for my phone. I mainly want to game and use Microsoft Office 365."
Nostradamus, is that you?
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Wow, that site is borderline magical.
Anyway, it’s funny to see how big companies can’t handle the global nature of today’s economy or even the global nature of the Internet.
Also is there an audio recording for the people who can't read?
also is there an interpretive dance summarizing the main points for those of us that struggle with specificity but thrive on abstraction?
Is there a smoke signal nearby for us who can't use the internet?
How about a cave with some art on the wall I could visit on my own time? I hate it when someone interrupts my phone information smoke signals (or smokies as the kids call them these days) and when you miss a puff or two it's impossible to find your place again.
Now think that happens to your shiny new car.
This sort of thing needs stopped before it gets out of hand.
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not samsung.. 😢
i'm at a standstill on deciding which phone to purchase next. i currently have the pixel 6 and i'm actually disappointed with it. the phone is too buggy and im tired of google's bs.
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Next time someone comes across a libertarian, add this to your long list of examples as to why the ideology is a terrible idea and present it.
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im stuck on a Samsung galaxy a 32 that doesn't seem ro get uptates anymore
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