It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:

  1. It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
  2. It has ads right out of the box.
  3. It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
  4. They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 hours ago

    Well, Samsung is enshitified with its newer phones, that I have no doubt that an S24 would run non-samsung shit poorly to force you to use samsung shit.

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      60 minutes ago

      Samsung was enshittified with their older phones too.

      Pixels are shit too.

      I had a One Plus 9 Pro and it was honestly my first phone that I traded in and felt like I got a huge downgrade. It just worked.

    • Tja@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      I doubt it’s on purpose, many other non-Samsung apps run fine, even when a samsung alternative exists, it’s specifically the browser that is weird. Which is a pity, since I do use Firefox on my desktop and laptop, but the mobile experience is just frustrating.

      • VAK@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 hours ago

        I have an s24 and had the same experience. Fennec F-droid worked better for me.