Samsung will finally stop showing ads on its stock apps later this year

Date:
Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:29:43 +0000

Description:
Samsung has announced that it will stop showing ads from various stock apps Samsung Weather, Samsung Pay, and Samsung Theme by the end of this year.

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Chinese smartphone makers are often criticized for showing ads in various system applications. Not only these ads can be irritating but at times can be vulgar and even steal money in ways that you cant imagine.

In their defense, these smartphone OEMs claim that ads help them subsidise phones and users can get premium hardware at a fraction of cost. While their argument is acceptable to an extent, the fact that the South Korean
smartphone maker Samsung has not only been showing ads on affordable and budget phones but also on flagship devices that costs a bomb.

After drawing criticism from all quarters including end-users, media and experts, Samsung has finally accepted the mistake and has revealed that it will stop showing ads in its stock application. Best Samsung phones 2021 : finding the Galaxy phone for you Samsung Galaxy S22 specs leak is bad for Samsung but good for buyers

The company has now said that it cares about the feedback from our users and says that it aims to, deliver innovative mobile experiences for our consumers based on their needs and wants. The South Korean company in a statement to
The Verge stated that Samsung has made a decision to cease the advertisement on proprietary apps including Samsung Weather, Samsung Pay, and Samsung
Theme.

Though there is no confirmation as to when these ads will be removed from these applications, it can be safely assumed that in one of the upcoming
major updates of One UI users will get rid of these pesky advertisements.

That said, while the decision to remove the advertisements is a welcome change, only these three applications are not the root cause of the poor user experience. There are more elements in Samsungs fork of Android that users
are unhappy about. One such is the installation of third-party apps that Samsung forces on users during the setting up of a new phone.

A persistent reminder to install apps with a confusing UI that doesnt give users an option to exit the installation wizard forces users to install some apps from the preselected list. Now that Roh Tae-moon, the Chief of Samsungs mobile division has confirmed that the company plans to improve the user experience, hopefully, it will include removing ads from all the possible places and make it easier for the users to decide the apps that they want to install. Best gaming phones in India for 2021

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