Interesting… I switched away from Samsung and actually hated stock Android!

• I actually preferred One UI to the standard pixel, mainly because Google ruined the quick settings - they made each button unnecessarily big, and turning on/off the wifi requires two taps instead of one now (Internet > Wifi). That’s something I can’t change without rooting.
• Some Samsung stock apps are actually a great alternative to the android ones (I use Samsung Notes a ton). The only downside is they force you to download it through their own app store.
• Samsung doesn’t really have much bloat now, and the few pieces of bloat i found could be uninstalled
• Samsung is still the only phone manufacturer with triple camera setups in a small flagship phone

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not perfect, but the issues I had with Samsung were solvable (e.g. uninstalling bloat is a one-time thing) while the annoyances I’ve had with a Pixel aren’t solvable (quick settings, no third camera).

what are those things?

Also, we don’t necessarily need a big userbase. Just a good active one. More is not necessarily better in my opinion.

Unfortunately, the main benefit of having a large userbase is that you can always find a community for any obscure interest you have! That’s not really the case with lemmy now.

but I must admit I still don’t participate here as much because the content I’m seeing it’s not as tailored to my interests as I’d like. Searching for communities tends to show a lot of communities with no participation at all, which is useless

yeah that’s the unfortunate thing about a smaller site! but the onus is on all of us to start participating, so even if you see an empty community, just post something in there!

would prefer free market solns where the state has to abide by the rules of the people

you mean like facebook? haha!

there’s no real “approval” needed, being stuck on “subscribe pending” is a bug with federation, you’ll still get new posts and comments!

the best way of protesting against chores!

huh, interesting.

so… they’re denying everyone water to stop some people from getting high? still doesn’t seem right to me tbh.

Er… drinking water helps with consuming drugs?

oh my god i love this. it would be a shame if all other subs followed suit…

you know you done bad when someone asks you for something in writing