• @Diplomjodler@feddit.de
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    261 year ago

    I bought exactly one Samsung phone in my life. It was mostly fine but all the uninstallable crapware made me never want to buy another one.

    • @BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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      51 year ago

      Samsung is great like apple is great.

      Great design. Can be great hardware. But damn if both of them don’t like to tie your hands.

    • @kevincox@lemmy.ml
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      31 year ago

      Yeah, I quite like Samsung hardware, but everything they make is just bloated ad-filled crap. From phones to TVs I wouldn’t touch them. Only things like low-level components that can’t possibly have ads injected. (The day a Samsung NVME SSD has ads will be a sad day)

  • @atk007@lemmy.world
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    261 year ago

    Korea is extremely class conscious and people treat people differently based on perceived wealth. iPhone being considerably expensive than Samsung offerings in Korea is an instant wealth signifier and having an iPhone means you are perceived as upper rich class than those pesky poor Samsung, which is now associated with old people or who couldn’t afford an iPhone.

  • @sgibson5150@slrpnk.net
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    101 year ago

    I’m fascinated that at the time of this writing, this post has 17 upvotes and 41 downvotes. The article is consistent with other reporting I’ve seen recently on this topic and it would seem to fit the community. Why all the downvotes?

    • @APassenger@lemmy.world
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      101 year ago

      Down votes don’t mean what people think. Down votes mean:

      • bad source
      • incorrect content (I disagree)
      • doesn’t contribute meaningfully
      • made me feel bad in some way