LostWanderer

To be fair, the Emoji Kitchen is pretty cool, Samsung’s combined emoji feature isn’t bad…Not as creative though as it could be, it’s something they need to work on in order to foster better competition.

I don’t think the default keyboard is all that bad after using the Apple default keyboard for over a year! I honestly find the default Samsung keyboard to be more accurate with autocorrect choices and spellings. I just hate the fact their LLM button cannot be removed from the keyboard layout, as all other buttons are editable.

I ended up using Typewise which is a fairly competent keyboard that you can set to be offline or without the smelly OpenAI integration (I missed that detail about them).

Yeah, I used to be the pleased Pixel owner that got fast updates, until one burned me. My device wasn’t bricked, but it was dizzy as fuck post update. Google later fixed the issues it caused, but, I stopped jumping on updates until at least a month passed by. The same with Windows, and occasionally I will pass on an immediate update on Linux (most distros I use are solid). Apple had their fair share of stinkers though…I lived through a few of them. It wasn’t fun, as Apple has absolute control over their iOS software and still failed to make a viable update in many cases. That’s what made me more patient and wait until my device was literally begging me to update.

Now that I have my grubby hands on Android 16 on the Galaxy 25 FE, I can be absolutely patient for updates going forward. Fast updates do mean more mistakes are going to be implemented; some of which can kill your mobile computer.

I think Samsung’s reasoning is sound, Google sometimes like to play loosey-goosey and break things with updates. I prefer that Samsung tests all Google Play updates before deploying them for their various models. It’s great having a filter against potentially stinky updates that break things. We aren’t on Arch, no need to move too blazingly fast (unless there is a problem that requires urgent patching).

Yeah, I’d quit watching YouTube videos had the audacity to question my age and try to verify it in a way which is hostile to one’s own privacy.