Samsung Android Criticism

The cluster focuses on criticisms of Samsung's customized Android software, including bloatware, poor performance, delayed updates, and deviation from stock Android, with comparisons to cleaner alternatives like Pixel devices.

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Sample Comments

atat7024 Apr 12, 2021 View on HN

Compared to Samsung Android, sure.

ilyt Jun 8, 2023 View on HN

Yeah but that's Samsung problem, not Android problem.

woof Oct 24, 2014 View on HN

It's Samsung, they have been adding crap on top of Android for years...

karel-3d Dec 2, 2025 View on HN

Well Samsung was overtaken by Xiaomi and Xiaomi software is even worse...?

budu3 Aug 27, 2011 View on HN

Does this mean that Samsumg is moving away from Android?

timmillwood Sep 27, 2013 View on HN

Nice to see they pick Samsungs version of android, the worst one going.

LtWorf Aug 21, 2022 View on HN

The mistake was getting samsung.But yes it should be widely known that android on samsung isn't the same as android on nokia or motorola.

michaelpinto Jun 29, 2013 View on HN

If you see an announcement from Samsung they won't mention Android!

2143 Jul 16, 2022 View on HN

I feel you.I had a particularly bad experience with Samsung devices around 2013; used to progressively get slower and slower. This was not just on my Samsung device, but my friends Samsung devices as well. They have probably improved since then, but I swore never to try Samsung again.Samsung's custom apps for most things were also annoying.Pixel devices might give you a stick Android experience.If you go to play store and search for apps distributed directly by Google, you can f

micromacrofoot Mar 17, 2023 View on HN

Samsung is remarkably good at making Android worse.