• Eager EagleEnglish
    74•4 months ago

    yet another useless feature annoyance

    Android already blocks sideloading by default at an operating system level.

    • m-p{3}English
      27•4 months ago

      Which is a sensible choice security-wise.

      • Eager EagleEnglish
        30•4 months ago

        it is, the useless annoyance is what Samsung is introducing

        • koraEnglish
          -10•4 months ago

          it is, the useless annoyance is what Samsung 's Version of Android is introducing.

            • koraEnglish
              8•4 months ago

              Thatsthejoke.jpg

              Sorta

              I’m just pointing out that the entirety of Samsung’s Android adds literally nothing of value to the user to the android experience and only serves to, at best, annoy. Not just this one particular feature.

              • @[email protected]English
                -1•4 months ago

                I think perhaps something has gone wrong with the phrasing or something, because it seemed you were saying the exact same thing but … less clearly?

                it is, the useless annoyance is what Samsung*'s Version of Android* is

                which now I edit that so it doesn’t have a strike through I actually understand what you mean. It was a bit difficult to parse that originally

      • @[email protected]English
        8•3 months ago

        Is it? Android already disables sideloading by default, requires each source to ask for permission, and prompts the user before each install. How does Samsung’s additional setting improve security?

      • RachelRodentEnglish
        8•4 months ago

        no. the notion that sideloading is bad for security is apple propaganda

  • @[email protected]English
    69•4 months ago

    You can see the instructions to disable it in the screenshot of the thumbnail.

    This article is pointless.

    • Virkkunen
      11•4 months ago

      It is also only enabled by default on new phones and during OOBE setup there’s a toggle for this.

    • @[email protected]English
      9•4 months ago

      I think that’s just the nature of smartphone related journalism at the moment. It’s sort of a reflection of where the industry is at: lacking substance and focused on short-termism above all else. In the media this translates to a never-ending hype circle around the latest releases, rumours and “leaks”. Everything else has some clickbait name and a bunch of poorly written, irrelevant filler to pad out the “article” for SEO purposes.

    • Eager EagleEnglish
      -1•4 months ago

      The question in the title is just a hook, but this is still an article, not a Q&A.

      The text tells why the feature matters, tells it’s redundant, lists the phones affected by it, echoes some Samsung notes about the feature, and answers the question. It’s a report on a particular feature, I wouldn’t call it a filler.

  • @[email protected]English
    42•4 months ago
    1. Return the Samsung phone
    2. Buy from a company that isn’t hostile towards its customers
      • @[email protected]English
        1•4 months ago

        Besides what the other user said, they recently made it a requirement for accredited phone services that they destroy any samsung phones along with their data, that they receive for servicing, if they have found that the user has done “unauthorized servicing” on it.
        This is the next step after making the phones practically impossible to be disassembled, which they have done years ago.

  • @[email protected]English
    8•4 months ago

    What are some of the best alternatives? With comparable specs (in the US)?

    Right now I have a Fold and honestly really like the foldables. Though I think the Pixel Fold is my only alternative there.

    • @[email protected]English
      5•4 months ago

      I think the Pixel Fold might be the best option for a foldable phone, because (just like all other Pixels) you can flash it with a private, secure, open-source ROM like GrapheneOS.

    • lemmyvoreEnglish
      5•4 months ago

      If you mean the S24, the equivalent from Sony would be the Xperia 5 V. Has audio jack and sd card compared to the S24, Sony batteries last 2 days even after several years of use thanks to excellent optimization and battery care, there’s almost zero bloat. On the downside it will only get 2 years of upgrades (until the end of 2025). Also you can’t unlock the bootloader on US models if that’s something you care about.

      https://gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=12773&idPhone2=12534