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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Samsung is so damned gimmicky.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's not gimmicks. It's tracking

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I recognize a carnival-styled UI with a naked eye. When the UI feels like ADHD distractions, you know marketing tactics are the purpose of the toys. We know that's expectable with free web services, but costly consumer products need to offer a fully-controllable experience to exclude statistic-mining spyware.