Samsung’s $1,300 phone might someday have fees for AI usage::Samsung says Galaxy S24 AI features are “free until the end of 2025.”
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Same. Pixel + GrapheneOS sounds like the move for most now.
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What’s the issue with the Pixel cameras? I thought they were typically one of the selling points of the phone? Maybe I haven’t paid enough attention to recent reviews (been on iOS for a few years now, but want to switch back to Android).
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You can install the pixel camera on graphene and it functions exactly the same as the stock OS
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Because Google doesn’t have root access to your phone. You can install the pixel camera but give it no network permissions. It’s just another camera app at that point
100%. Seems like phones continually get worse under the guise of “progress”. No more headphone jack or removable battery, more bloated software, anti-privacy assistants/AI. Switched to a Sony Xperia for the headphone jack alone and it’s been great, I hope they don’t follow this AI trend or else I’m out.
Gotta build in the opportunity for rent seeking.
Unless they really bury them in other regular features and make them indispensable, I don’t care. I don’t really see myself using the ones they’ve advertised so it won’t bother me to not pay for them and for them not to be active. I get the distaste though, especially among this community with the preferences I’ve seen. That’s perfectly valid. My own choice will be to not pay for any subscription for any AI type services. My Note 20 Ultra has served me well. I may bite on this one (flat screen woohoo!). I’ll miss the SD card though.
I really loved AI up to the point when it was a personal option. As in, I had to actively search it to use. When it began to be crammed into everything, sending my personal data to a cloud without being able to opt out, that’s a line a didn’t want to be crossed and it’s being forced unto me. That’s when I really began to hate the feature.