If I buy the best that either company has to offer (Pixel 8 pro or S23 Ultra)

Which one, in your opinion, would be the best Android experience and why? Would love to know your thoughts.

  • voxel
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    -31 year ago

    they don’t have much bloatware except preinstalled spotify, netflix and tiktok…

    • Kevin
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      1 year ago

      Is Bixby still a thing on new Samsung phones?

      • voxel
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        1 year ago

        yes but it can be turned off. completely. go into settings and then deactivate.
        won’t bother you. ever.

        if you have a phone with a bixby key there are numerous ways to remap it.

    • Brayd
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      11 year ago

      And adds literally built into basic system components…

      • voxel
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        1 year ago

        i don’t see any ads on my phone?! (a52s)
        (galaxy store is a notable exception (has a bit more ads than google play), but who cares about fucking galaxy store?!)

        • Brayd
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          01 year ago

          I answered on another comment regarding ads in this thread to clarify what I define as an ad with that comment.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        I’ve never seen an ad on a Samsung phone in any place that’s not a store. What are you on about?

        • Brayd
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          11 year ago

          The files app has built in ads to push OneDrive to the users. And yes it can be declared as advertising because you can’t remove that ad and because MS pays Samsung for it (or gives Samsung benefits for it inside Windows on Samsungs computers).

          Besides that there are the same kind of ads in the settings app.

          And there’s also many components of the OS that push the user into paying money like for fonts or for Always on Displays or lockscreens or whatever else. Those are not direct ads but you could declare them as auch because of the fact that a user gets pushed into micro payments for basic customization of their phone which for me personally is a no go, especially if you pay money for a flagship phone.

          • voxel
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            11 year ago

            i won’t consider a tiny cloud icon in the corner an ad but whatever…