[HN Gopher] Samsung Steps Back from Ads in Its Mobile Apps
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       Samsung Steps Back from Ads in Its Mobile Apps
        
       Author : adrian_mrd
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2021-08-18 19:46 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | rolph wrote:
       | very good idea samsung, your starting to do it right.
        
       | NotSammyHagar wrote:
       | Next promise to stop spying on me through my tv. I doubt they get
       | much money from that, but it's supremely irritating to have to
       | work to defeat these things by trying to block their
       | communication, block ads on the tv.
       | 
       | There must be a small fraction of the market that cares, but
       | making your customer have more privacy has worked for apple, at
       | least marketing wise.
        
       | windexh8er wrote:
       | I purchased a pair of S21s when released. They went back in less
       | than 24 hours. The amount of bloat and spyware preloaded was
       | egregious. I posted a write up on Reddit about the experience and
       | it was amazing to see how quickly an army of defenders came to
       | Samsung's side and dismissed all notion of privacy and device
       | ownership in the name of such great hardware. Some were stating
       | that there would be no way for Samsung to turn a profit if it's
       | phones didn't come with software that's uninstallable like
       | Facebook and Samsung's own apps.
       | 
       | Won't ever buy a Samsung device again.
        
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