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Why I will never buy another Samsung device

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Re: Why I will never buy another Samsung device

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Post by genewitch »

pcurve wrote: post #197
viraptor wrote: post #123

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Here's something I noticed: the fans of Apple hardware know they can do this, because they... have to do this. I've had 9 or so different laptops in my life over the last 2 decades, from bargain bin models to latest high-spec Lenovo. The only times I've had to fix a laptop was twice in the last 3 years on work-assigned MBP (once the motherboard failed, another time the keyboard fell apart), then had to replace a fail…

I went through 3 lenovos in the past 17 years. I had 3 failures: 1. HDD failed. 2. SSD failed. 3. I dropped it from kitchen countertop. Backlight had to be replaced, but otherwise fine. There was zero failure associated with ports, keyboard, trackpad, or board. Mind you, each machine went through thousands of dock / undock cycle. Even batteries were holding strong charge after 5 years. These were work laptops and I d…

Dead Lenovo are very easy to fix, weirdly. I've had to fix both of mine. Imagine air quotes. You have to pull the battery cable and push the power button.

That's it.

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Post by Maakuth »

ComodoHacker wrote: post #340
ornornor wrote: post #239

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Worked for Samsung a while back and can confirm all of the above. You couldn’t pay me enough to own and use a Samsung anything.

Does it apply to washing machines? I use one from Samsung. It's not connected.

I had a Samsung oven that self-destructed beyond repair on the first attempt of the pyrolytic cleaning program, less than a year after purchase. I know multiple people that got less than year of service from their other sort of Samsung appliances. So yes, it does apply.

Re: Why I will never buy another Samsung device

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Post by thevagrant »

philsnow wrote: post #265
ornornor wrote: post #245

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Been very happy with our Panasonic OLED. It’s perfectly happy without an internet connection, turns on in 5 seconds flat (a feature these days if you can believe it, as most smart TVs boot a whole Linux or android and take for ever), the amount of options to adjust the image is incredible (they’re used as reference displays in movie studios for coloring movies apparently), and the picture is beautiful. Oh and not a s…

Care to give the part number?

I'd recommend JZ1000 or JZ2000.

Re: Why I will never buy another Samsung device

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Post by bogeholm »

aulin wrote: post #232
ikt wrote: post #8

> I was in need of replacing my aging Pixel 4 > Released 2019, October 22 How is a 2 year old phone aging?

Which phone are you buying that lasts more? After two years the battery life nose dives, flash memory becomes slower, software updates become scarce. And by that time I usually have a broken screen. Good thing I only spend 200€ every two years on the latest trustworthy moto g. Clean google experience, no bloatware, nice gesture actions. A 1k€ phone would have to last 10 years to give comparable value, and I doubt it…

I’m on an iPhone 8 here, works just as well as when it was new ~4.5 years ago. Battery may be at around 80% capacity (as experienced by me), received an iOS update a couple of days ago.

Edit to add: replaced a slim silicone cover once or twice, hardened glass screen protector 3 or 4 times.

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Post by whatch »

spideymans wrote: post #142
atty wrote: post #11

I remember fondly when I had an iPod, the one time I had an issue with it (can’t remember what, honestly), I just walked into an apple store and probably 5-10 minutes later walked out with a new device, free of charge, no questions asked (after they tried resetting it once) I’m sure someone in these companies has made a spreadsheet that shows permissive repair and replacement policies cost $X million a year, but it p…

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…

Lenovo delivered a replacement charger for my entry-level ThinkPad really fast (it was the next day I believe). And for free, after a couple of questions on the phone.

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Post by ornornor »

72deluxe wrote: post #331
ornornor wrote: post #245

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Been very happy with our Panasonic OLED. It’s perfectly happy without an internet connection, turns on in 5 seconds flat (a feature these days if you can believe it, as most smart TVs boot a whole Linux or android and take for ever), the amount of options to adjust the image is incredible (they’re used as reference displays in movie studios for coloring movies apparently), and the picture is beautiful. Oh and not a s…

I have a Panasonic from a few years ago (cheapest 4K I could find; is "smart" so has Netflix and Amazon Prime Video and other UK streaming services like More4, ITV Player, Disney+) and it does rely on contacting Panasonic for them to work. Their server went down the other year and ALL of the services on the TV stopped working - Netflix wouldn't launch any more. It does contact Panasonic but I have blocked the domains…

If you’re talking about an LCD Panasonic, I can’t say anything about them other then they’re a completely different series than the OLED. Almost like a separate brand.

My OLED has Netflix etc. I used the built in Netflix a few times but don’t anymore since because I don’t use Netflix altogether and not subscribed to them. I put it on a special VLAN that has no internet access but can still send and receive traffic to my home assistant instance so as far as the tv is concerned, it’s offline. But it’s never nagged me about it. And when it was fully online (when using the Netflix app), I never received any ad anywhere.

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Post by josephg »

virtue3 wrote: post #304
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.…

worked for a company doing apps for smartTVs. They all do it. Incessently. I made ad games that would pop up when the system recognized a certain ad was playing. you were supposed to be able to opt out of this but LG got busted in the UK for not listening to that option. This was back in 2013 era. It's worse by now I'm sure. They'd straight up send a screencap of whatever was on your screen every second for content r…

Yep. I have a smart tv. (What other kind exists today?). The remote has a netflix button - which is super useful. But according to my router, the TV sends a trickle of data over WIFI constantly. Even when its "off".

So I've banned the TV from my WIFI network, and I just have a PC plugged into it. Its less convenient this way - we need to pull out a wireless keyboard & mouse to watch netflix. But I think its the right call for sure.

In some ways I think I win on all counts like this. Modern smart tvs are subsidized by creepy advertising. This way I get a cheap TV, and I don't give up any privacy in doing so.

But I worry about a time when TVs ship with cheap 4G modems, and start doing telemetry that way. It might just be a matter of time. I can't be the only one who doesn't connect my tv to wifi; and I bet samsung has run the numbers.

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Post by wink »

dotancohen wrote: post #290
ornornor wrote: post #271

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I think it’s because they have so many variants for an appliance that it would be impossible to come up with English names (see ikea and their ridiculous names you can’t remember or infer anything from) At least the number of bits of info you can encore with the appliance VIN like scheme is meaningful.

I'm willing to bet that General Motors has no fewer variants of the Chevrolet Camaro that you can buy: with three different engine choices, two or three different transmission choices, with or without A/C, power steering, seat material, exteriour colour, stripes and badging package, interior colour, radio options, suspension packages, etc etc etc. It's still all sold as a Chevrolet Camaro and the vast majority of par…

Not sure that is a good analogy. Sure, the VIN lets you deduce the general make and model of the car, but there should be zero information about any optional things encoded - but of course they have a different list of "oh, it's a Camaro, so the entertainment system can only be a A, B, or C"

Re: Why I will never buy another Samsung device

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Post by cryptica »

It's an ugly, over-engineered device. Not surprising that a device with so many moving parts is prone to failure. The whole point of smartphones was to reduce visible complexity as much as possible. Steve Jobs' innovation was consistently about removing unnecessary things; keyboards, padding around the edges, ports, hole grid for speakers... On the other hand, this foldable trend appears to be about adding back complexity which yields no benefits... What is the benefit of this foldable screen? There are none! If anything, it will make it easier to drop the phone and the fold looks horrible and it's fragile.

WTF is going on with tech/engineering sector? Everything seems to be getting worse. No common sense.

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