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PSA: Starting today, you'll need a Samsung account to use the Galaxy Store
(www.androidauthority.com)
But why would I want to use the Galaxy store?
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2024
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If you use a samsung phone that's where goodlock is
And what's that?
I mean you can get it other places as well, finelock, nicelock, and goodlock region-free are all available online and will do the same things.
Im aware, but most people think its only on the galaxy store
Unfortunate. The Samsung store is probably the biggest non-Chinese competitor to Google Play, and now it's picking up Google's annoying practices.
I know people like to be dismissive about every app they don't personally use, but the Samsung Store really isn't all that bad. A whole bunch of paid apps can be bought there for cheap or even gotten for free sometimes. I wish more people used it so Google would actually feel pressure to make the Play Store better.
Its not an actual competitor considering you need both a samsung smartphone and the galaxy store app to actually download apps. The discounted apps are limited to samsung smartphones. Meanwhile, those brought on Playstore can be installed on any google play services compatible smartphone.
Its a total ghost town in the Samsung Store though its pretty much useless anyways.
Who uses that anyway? Back when I was using a Samsung phone, I was always annoyed because I couldn't uninstall this bullshit
The Pixel with GrapheneOS is simply superior. No ads, no tracking, no bloatware, no bullshit, just 100% FOSS software with privacy and security in mind.
I dont have a smasnug(not a typo, inside joke) but do people actually use OEM stores?
I have one.
I have only ever used the Samsung store to install a single official customisation app that I used once and never again.
As far as I'm concerned it only exists to occasionally annoy me with notifications about apps with updates that I installed from other stores.
Oh SMASNUG!
oh no, my pkcell
Updates uninstalled, all available permissions turned off, auto-update turned off for Galaxy Store. That app has done nothing but get in my way. Thanks for the reminder, Samsung.
this will affect 300 people heavily, and the other 99 % will just create an account then lol