If Samsung had a better reputation for privacy they’re the brand I’d switch to for one of their folders.

I’m put off by how Samsung monetise every data source they’re trusted with though. E.g. TV viewing, phone data, Samsung Pay, forced analytics, etc.

As a brand they don't seem to have any restraint when it comes to user privacy.

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ourmandave 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I switched to a Motorola after my Samsung repeatedly nagged me about offers in my area with the ever popular "not now" instead of "f*ck off" button.

I'd like a foldable but not so much to pay $1300 for the Razr.

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FirmwareBurner 5 days ago | parent [-]

What Samsung did you have? Afaik their flagships don't have any nagging. And which Motorola did you get? Don't they have the same promotional nagging?

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ourmandave 4 days ago | parent [-]

Most my phones are the low end free-to-get-you-to-sign-up models.

AT&T doesn't have low end Motorolas so I bought an unlocked, guaranteed to work with AT&T, sub $300 one directly off motorola.com and took it to the AT&T store.

So far it's left me alone.

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FirmwareBurner 4 days ago | parent [-]

Low-end Android all have the same nagging adware or if they're not nagging they're definitely selling your data way more than flagships where customer UX is a priority.

	▲	sillyfluke 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		>they're definitely selling your data way more than flagships where customer UX is a priority. I'd to see some evidence for this claim. It seems to be a ridiculous offhand claim to make in this era of late stage capitalism. Flagship phones owners are wealthier, their data is more valuable for customer acquisition. Why in god's name would those penny pinchers leave that kind of money on the table? It makes no sense. It's not like flagship phone owners can track whether their data is being sold any better than low end phone owners. They might make it harder to turn data collection off in low end phones, but that says nothing of their desire to be able to sell the data of flagship phone owners.

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imp0cat 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There is a positive side to that though. For example, their alternative to Apple's Find My seems to work quite well.

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bioffense 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Every company doesn't do well with privacy. So the next step matters -- security.

Out of all the companies, Google and Samsung are by far the most secure companies in terms of breaches and the magnitude of those breaches.

Of course, not going to that next step would be ideal, but at least you have some control over your choice on security.

	▲	thewebguyd 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Except not now with Google's changes to Android security patches moving to quarterly instead of monthly so they can cover for shitty OEMs that don't push updates. You don't think those vulnerabilities are going to leak out during the 4 months that OEMs have them before patches are pushed out? Google has chosen to sacrifice security for marketing.

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user34283 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I care little about privacy, but OneUI just looks ugly to me.

It starts with Samsung's app icons. They all feel like a cheap knockoff of either Apple or Google to me.

I don't want to get a device where the UI looks like this.

Other than that, the Z-Fold 7 looks like a great device. I hope Google catches up.