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My HP printer is region-locked. When I moved from Europe to the US it refused to accept ink cartridges bought in the US.
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No. It's a Samsung problem. You don't see crapware on iPhones do you?
Actually you do. Tell me again why I can't delete either Game Center, Stocks or other stock Apple apps on the iPhone.
Apple was not paid by a third party to include it's own software features.
Game Center is like S Voice, a first part developed software that is billed as a "Feature".
Apple has no equivalent to "Pizza Hut" bookmarks that can't be deleted, because they control their carrier relationships better than Samsung who is willing to give their partners the freedom to install and screw up what they want.
Fortunately, Samsung is generally pretty good about letting us users have custom roms, which IMO trumps the Apple advantage for us power users. A custom rom > non-bloated default iOS, to me.
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No. It's a Samsung problem. You don't see crapware on iPhones do you?
Actually you do. Tell me again why I can't delete either Game Center, Stocks or other stock Apple apps on the iPhone.
Apple does not get paid by another company to load its default apps onto the phone.
Last time I asked a Canadian shop (staples and one other I think) for local sim card I had to explain the concept of a separate sim card in detail. Are sim cards more common now (or is this the one place where Americans has an edge on Canadians? ;-)
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#1 is not a GS3 problem, it is a carrier problem specific to Vodafone, which had a marketing deal with Pizza Hut at the time of the GS3's release. Other carriers did not forcibly include undeletable Pizza Hut bookmarks.
No. It's a Samsung problem. You don't see crapware on iPhones do you?
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Don't worry, you're paying that entire $650 (and usually then some). It's just hidden in your contract price.
THIS is what I don't understand. Why do people call it "subsidized" when you're locked in to a 2 year contract with an early termination fee. IT IS NOT SUBSIDIZED, PEOPLE. You may say, well I'm paying the same per month whether I take a new phone or not from the carrier, so... it's subsidized right? Nope, they're just gouging you when you're on an old phone. Taking the new phone just slightly reduces your disadvantag…
The contract worked out cheaper. That's a subsidy isn't it?
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No. It's a Samsung problem. You don't see crapware on iPhones do you?
I don't like it any more than you, but to Samsung and its investors, the undeletable Pizza Hut bookmark is a feature. Not only does it generate additional revenue with little additional design time, but it also indicates that Samsung has a healthy and attractive business in which other businesses would like to participate.