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.

  • BraydEnglish
    76·
    9 months ago

    And adds literally built into basic system components…

    • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      9 months ago

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

      • BraydEnglish
        21·
        9 months 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@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          21·
          9 months ago

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

    • voxel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      31·
      9 months 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?!)

      • BraydEnglish
        11·
        9 months ago

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