Why I will never buy another Samsung device

Post by HWR_14 » Tue, Feb 22, 2022, 6:49 AM UTC

square_usual wrote: post #181

jiggawatts wrote: post #160

I avoid all things Samsung for a much more important reason: They spy on you mercilessly, up to about the same level as Facebook. For example, they take screenshots of what you watch on your Samsung Televisions! Don't believe me? Take it from them: https://www.samsung.com/us/business/samsungads/resources/tv-... and https://www.samsung.com/us/business/samsungads/insights/ You're not their customer, you're the product.…

I'm pretty sure just about every TV brand is doing this now. Roku and FireTV are well known - there's literal research papers out there about the tracking they do - and a ton of TVs come bundled with Roku or FireTV these days. AFAIK LG is also doing that but I don't have a quotable source on it.

Post by scarface74 » Tue, Feb 22, 2022, 6:50 AM UTC

_nalply wrote: post #178

spideymans wrote: post #142

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Gosh. I hate Apple’s right to repair BS, but to this day Apple remains the only consumer electronics company that has provided a consistently positive technical support experience for me. It’s so hard to step out the Apple ecosystem when these other manufacturers have consistently screwed me over with repairs. I’m specifically calling out Dell, Samsung and LG here. All were utterly terrible experiences. Dell was the…

An alternative to have a company fix your expensive gadget is to do it yourself. I think about the Framework laptop. In your situation even if the company declined payment (then I wold be disappointed), I would have sucked it up and ordered a new trackpad and installed it myself. It's not the same but at least the consequences would not be so distastrous.

Post by bee_rider » Tue, Feb 22, 2022, 6:52 AM UTC

TillE wrote: post #69

userbinator wrote: post #36

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I don't get the point of this design either, unless it's to show off deliberate planned obolescence. Two regular screens with ultra-narrow bezels on the butt edge would achieve the same effect, without the constantly stressed folding bit. I have some old (almost 10 years old now) smartphone LCDs and the pixels go right up to the edge of the glass itself.

It's really incredible how much technology and marketing has gone into removing a tiny seam (which is actually not even fully removed anyway).

Post by hericium » Tue, Feb 22, 2022, 6:53 AM UTC

studiecomput wrote: post #176

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Buy a dumb screen. For example a big computer monitor. I know it's not the same but this is the only solution I know.

Or just don't connect your TV to the internet and buy an external streamer.

Post by MathCodeLove » Tue, Feb 22, 2022, 6:55 AM UTC

2muchcoffeeman wrote: post #98

userbinator wrote: post #36

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I don't get the point of this design either, unless it's to show off deliberate planned obolescence. Two regular screens with ultra-narrow bezels on the butt edge would achieve the same effect, without the constantly stressed folding bit. I have some old (almost 10 years old now) smartphone LCDs and the pixels go right up to the edge of the glass itself.

I'd wager it's a marketing play. Apple has developed it's own silicon and the chips powering iPhones, iPads and Macs are now the same. They come up with new and interesting manufacturing processes, or supply chain management. Their phones have lidar now. But you know what I've hear for years even from developer friends? "Apple can no longer innovate." Samsung comes up with a folding screen of dubious quality or chang…