Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage until Mexican government stepped in

This is why I no longer buy Samsung products. They have a history of doing this and other shady behavior.

+1. I bought a high end Samsung tablet. In less than a year they disabled the IR app completely. Their customer support said too bad & fuck you.
Last Samsung I'll ever buy.
What are you buying now?
- Probably a Pixel. They're pretty good, especially if you install something like GrapheneOS.

Why are you running root everyone is asking.

That's why.

Why does this dude’s face show up in my feed so often is the real issue here.

That's Louis Rossman, basically the head of the right to repair movement (nobody's really the head but for most intents and purposes it's this guy)
If you support the right to repair, or even if you don't, it wouldn't hurt to look into his stuff
- Okay but I see him in a lot of tech related posts lately, also not about right to repair.
- Fully support this guy and all his efforts but I'm really tired of seeing that face.
He has a youtube channel that talks about the latest developments in the tech industry. Seems a lot of people like his videos. Its not an "issue" unless you make it one
- An issue is that every youtuber needs to show his face.

is there a TLDW for the people who can't watch videos?

Yes.
https://eightify.app/summary/technology-and-society/samsung-s-remote-phone-disablement-sparks-mexican-government-intervention
- thank you, that article is wow, yea cementing the fact after my s20+ fails I will be jumping brands
- Thanks
  Just another thing to add to the reasons i dont want a samsung device pile
- Wow, that site is borderline magical.
  Anyway, it’s funny to see how big companies can’t handle the global nature of today’s economy or even the global nature of the Internet.
- also is there an interpretive dance summarizing the main points for those of us that struggle with specificity but thrive on abstraction?

This sort of thing needs stopped before it gets out of hand.

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/Ln4rsxWq3WM?si=RAQ9rg58Ib27_EpO

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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Next time someone comes across a libertarian, add this to your long list of examples as to why the ideology is a terrible idea and present it.

But but but free market!!

not samsung.. 😢

i'm at a standstill on deciding which phone to purchase next. i currently have the pixel 6 and i'm actually disappointed with it. the phone is too buggy and im tired of google's bs.

Try flashing GrapheneOS if you're comfortable with it?
What is buggy? You could try another OS like Calyx or Graphine. It's android but maybe?
- i will try graphene..
  i've had issues where my screen goes dark during calls and i can't wake it up, when calls come thru, i don't see the caller id until like 3rd or 4th ring, people can't hear me when on speaker, it chooses what volume different apps chime in at ( this has gotten me in serious trouble with alarms)

im stuck on a Samsung galaxy a 32 that doesn't seem ro get uptates anymore

bizarre ass take

More sensationalism from the snake oil salesman.

Another reason not to live in Mexico. LMAO

Another reason not to ~~live in Mexico. LMAO~~ buy Samsung smartphones.
- So which brand would you recommend for someone living in a third world country?