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by benatkin 1716 days ago
Google uploads to their servers. They aren't anointed.

You can turn off sync. Same as Google.

Samsung software isn't worse than Apple or Google IMO.

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Sure, you have a right to your opinion. IMO Samsung software is far worse than Apple's. Many reasons why, but for one, with an older Apple phone you will still get very timely upgrades to their latest software for many more years than you would with a Samsung phone.
You don't need full system updates on android to update browser and other apps.
It is far worse than the Google and apple experience. They routinely make inferior versions of an app that would be redicously easy to clone. They need to realize they are a hardware company, not a software company

And that goes for all of their product lines across the board. It's all garbage software. Its a shame they intentionally cripple excellent hardware with crap

Until they stop that practice they are not even a potential option for me. I don't get why they can't save the money and just make a good pure Android experience

Nope, I use Camera, Notes, and Gallery every day and prefer them to the Google ones. Those aren't simple apps.