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If you made put two screen without bezel, you can't fold it.
Fold it the other way. Then you get your external screen thing for free.
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what are the alternatives in the Android space with good camera and good user experience?
A Pixel phone. Honestly Pixel should be the only android you consider as its the only phone that doesn't come loaded with trash spyware (outside of niche phones like Fairphone)
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A Pixel phone. Honestly Pixel should be the only android you consider as its the only phone that doesn't come loaded with trash spyware (outside of niche phones like Fairphone)
So we are talking about Samsung because they spy to much on us and the phone you recommend is the one from Google? Interesting...
Google might have some spyware (e.g. play store). But it's not trash. I trust them to not get hacked (definitely more than Samsung or Huawei)
They also afaik have better support for replacing the stock firmware (although I've never done that)
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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…
I am usually using my Sony smart TV as a computer monitor, connecting a Mac mini to an HDMI port. A smart TV wouldn't straight-out spy on an external use like this, would it?
I would love to upgrade from the 10 year old dumb Sanyo to something with a better picture. But, a friend who's in AV install and TV resale did some digging and there aren't options out there to buy.
I'm hoping some larger monitors will come out and fill in this gap for somebody spec hungry like myself, but doubtful.
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> You're not their customer, you're the product. What is really annoying though is that you are their customer. It's sort of understandable when Google or Facebook spy on you and monetise your data to profit from the services that they provide you free of monetary charge to you. With Samsung, you've already handed over a few hundred dollars at least for the product. Spying on you as well is like having their customer…
No offence, but the idea that a company will not try to make money of your private data just because you pay them is naive. Doing so would be comitting the cardinal sin of "leaving money on the table".
This is legally guaranteed, that within the first 6 months any defects are assumed to have existed at the time of delivery [0]. If samsung don't respect the warranty, issue a chargeback. Your bank will back you up and Samsung have no leg to stand on.
(Also, samsung really shouldn't be playing silly-buggers here, but I guess enough people capitulate, that it makes sense for them to do this.)
[0] https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/gua....
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 avoid all things Samsung for a different reason: I don't want to support the subversion of the South-Korean state. It's become clear over the years [0] that the relationship between SK's administration is deeply unhealthy and anti-democratic. Until the economic power of the corporation is lessened it doesn't seem like the country is able to take effective measures either. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55674…
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.…
This is sad. I was looking at S22 and may be it is finally good enough I could switch away from Apple. Now I need to think again. Doesn't seems like I have much choice. I have been thinking for some time, what does it take for a third Mobile OS platform. While there are millions of Apps, The absolute essential Apps on smartphone seems to have concentrated to less than a hundred?