• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Well my $1800 phone has push notification ads for mobile games I can’t disable because Samsung flags the Galaxy Store as a system app so you can’t disable notifications. You can see here that the option is greyed out.

    They also install shitty games with “security updates” every month or so.

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      4 months ago

      Nova Launcher and set the first page of the app drawer as empty. Then when it does that, you see them and can uninstall. Samsung is trash, but I also don’t care if I drop my phone in the ocean, cause it isn’t $1400…so a trade-off.

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      4 months ago

      So you want the batteries to not show ads? I don’t understand. Do you have any actual relatable issues between the batteries and other products?

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        There’s actually a way to kill them, but it’s super hidden.

        You have to go to the phone notification settings, go into advanced settings, select the option to disable notification categories per app, then go back into notification settings, open the app list, open the three-dot menu and select system apps, then find the Galaxy store, then select categories to disable.

        Easy, right?

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          hmm, so… I had the notifications category set to on. by doing this, I could see the different categories, so I think you have to have it on to select the correct categories instead of switching it off like you said.

          HOWEVER, check this bullshit out:

          I can’t turn important updates off, and there’s one they don’t even let me see. wtf!! I wish there was another company that did folding phones as good as Samsung 😢

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        4 months ago

        It’s been really bad recently on my Fold 3, but didn’t start happening until about a year after I got the phone.

        I think they wait for all the reviews and “1 year updates” from the YouTubers to pull this shit.

        They honestly can’t make that much off this bullshit on a per-device level. My phone costs more than 2 cars I’ve owned, and I could just buy a Pixel Fold next upgrade, so it wouldn’t take a huge percentage of users jumping ship to mage or more costly than profitable.

        If MKBHS, Linus Tech Tips, etc called them out in their reviews of Samsung devices it would stop overnight.

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      4 months ago

      I’m so glad that the launcher I use has a “Recently Installed Apps” button at the bottom of the apps list. It makes it so easy to go through and scrub the bullshit they install on my phone.

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      4 months ago

      Use ADB to disable Store and AppCloud (adware/nagware that should be killed with fire). No, not the notifications, the apps themselves.

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        4 months ago

        It’s ludicrous that my phone costs more than 2 different cars I’ve owned and I have to go through this kind of bullshit so they can make another 15 cents on average per user.

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          4 months ago

          so why would you buy an $1800 phone if you can’t root it and load some FOSS on it?

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            4 months ago

            Because I don’t want to lose my warranty on a phone with a soft plastic foldable screen.

            Yeah, denying warranty for rooting is technically illegal, but knowing that doesn’t do anything for me.