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Whelp, I made the switch to android about a week ago. Didn't go two days without getting malware on it. I only browse hacker news and used devRant, standard messaging app, no root, so no shady things, just fairly standard things besides devRant. When I called Samsung support, they said it was a known issue and sent me some links to some forums where people were having the same issues. After digging through those threads, there was an official answer from Samsung saying they weren't going to fix the issue (at least in any foreseeable future). That's unacceptable for a phone that was released less than a year ago.

I'm done with Samsung phones for good. I might come back to Android on a google phone.

I hate how Android is distributed and the manufacturers don't take ownership of their issues. They just work on the new phone without caring for anything older than 6 months. If I had to get a new phone every time a major security issue was found and the company refused to fix it, I'd spend more money than on an iPhone.

It seems like Google keeps their devices up to date better, presumably because they have better control of OS releases. But non-google Android devices are dead to me.

Back to my iPhone for now...

🎵sad Charlie Brown music🎵

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  • 3
    I have had Samsung since s3 all the way up to s7, ive never had a virus. :/
    I'm not exactly being particularly careful either. Care to explain what kind of malware it was?
    Previously I had iPhone but i felt super restricted using iOS.
  • 0
    Following for more info. Have the orginal s,s4,and s7 with no problems besides apps becoming too bloated for the s.
  • 0
    I'm still using S2 Plus since release. Could you share a forum link?
  • 2
    I always move away from vendor firmware.
    Xda-developers.com
  • 6
    How the fuck do you get malware so easily... Been an android user for nearly ten years now but still no malware (that has been detected/I'm aware of)
  • 0
    📍
  • 0
    Motorola, huwai, etc
  • 0
    That's why I find the newly announced Nokia smartphones interesting.
    They will feature pure Android.
  • 0
    @andros705 in this case nothing but maybe if theres a malware that screws with knox?
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