• Aisteru@lemmy.aisteru.ch
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      2 months ago

      I tried the Mi 8 Lite, honestly I’m not impressed. It’s super cheap, which is really cool, but the OS it comes with is riddled with bloatware… Not sure it’s worth it

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        2 months ago

        but the OS it comes with is riddled with bloatware…

        As opposed to Samsung and Apple? Right…

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          2 months ago

          I’d say Samsung is comparable, but Apple… Isn’t the goal of buying an iPhone to have a closed environment? (or was)

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          2 months ago

          Samsung from a phone vendor like Verizon is bloated, but not one from Samsung (well, except the Samsung crap like Bixby).

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        2 months ago

        That’s a 6 year old phone, and they’ve cleaned that up a lot since, at least for western markets.
        The new HyperOS although it functionally looks the same, feels way better.
        Apart from the glass back, the 13T is an amazing phone IMO.

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        2 months ago

        Well until they letting to unlock bootloader,it’s nice cheap phones when u install custom os

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        2 months ago

        I returned my last Samsung because it was riddled with bloatwear that could not be disabled or uninstalled

        Facebook was one such app, if I disabled it, it would re-enable itself on reboots

        And it wasn’t even a cheap phone

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          2 months ago

          when I got my S24+, it had Facebook, Spotify, Netflix, LinkedIn, Office 365, and OneDrive. I was able to uninstall all of them except OneDrive. I disabled OneDrive.

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          1 month ago

          I don’t use Samsung unless I plan to unlock and root the device. I have 70+ apps disabled on my Samsung tablet and it’s finally usable. Hopefully someone else comes along with a high spec OLED tablet sometime soon so I can stop buying Galaxy Tab S devices.