{"id":4571,"date":"2015-04-15T14:24:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T14:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2015-03-26T17:41:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T17:41:22","slug":"linked-the-samsung-galaxy-s6-has-as-much-bloatware-as-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/04\/15\/linked-the-samsung-galaxy-s6-has-as-much-bloatware-as-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;The Samsung Galaxy S6 Has As Much Bloatware As Ever&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/the-samsung-galaxy-s6-has-as-much-bloatware-as-ever-1693717539\">via Gizmodo:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>At first glance, the new S6 and S6 Edge appear to be less cluttered, but you\u2019ll actually find some 56 applications pre-installed. That\u2019s 6 more than the 50 you\u2019ll find on the Galaxy Note 4! Between the Google Apps you\u2019ll find on every phone (Play Newstand? Come on), Samsung\u2019s apps like S Voice and S Health, the new Microsoft apps like OneDrive (intended to soften the blow of no microSD slot), assorted social apps like Whatsapp and Instagram, and carrier apps (6 on T-Mobile), there\u2019s a ton of cruft. A Moto G I have hanging around\u2014which runs near stock Android\u2014starts with just 33.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is not how you strengthen customer satisfaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Gizmodo: At first glance, the new S6 and S6 Edge appear to be less cluttered, but you\u2019ll&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-04-08T16:50:26Z","apple_news_api_id":"07a703ec-5768-4d10-bdba-b7dac8907da6","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-04-08T16:50:26Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AB6cD7FdoTRC9urfayJB9pg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1bJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6653,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/02\/14\/linked-ringing-in-2017-with-updates-to-our-google-voice-apps\/","url_meta":{"origin":4571,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Ringing in 2017 with updates to our Google Voice apps&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Google Blog: The first thing you\u2019ll notice about the updated Google Voice apps is a cleaner, more intuitive design that keeps everything organized. Your inbox now has separate tabs for text messages, calls and voicemails. Conversations stay in one continuous thread, so you can easily see all your messages\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3944,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/06\/20\/linked-samsungs-galaxy-nx\/","url_meta":{"origin":4571,"position":1},"title":"\u2605 Linked: &#8220;Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy NX&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"via Gizmodo:\u00a0 If last year's Samsung Galaxy Camera looked like Dr. Frankenstein had sewn a point-and-shoot camera onto the back of a Galaxy S3, the new Galaxy NX is the opposite. It takes the Android UI 3G\/4G\/LTE connectivity of a smartphone, and slaps it onto the back of an interchangeable-lens\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6436,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/12\/20\/linked-half-of-u-s-smartphone-users-download-zero-apps-per-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":4571,"position":2},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Half of U.S. smartphone users download zero apps per month&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"December 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Recode: Apple recently announced that its iOS users alone have downloaded more than 140 billion apps since the App Store launched in 2008. But the app market, as we\u2019ve noted, is still a challenging one. Half of all U.S. smartphone users download zero apps per month, according to comScore\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2888,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/08\/09\/get-ready-for-a-photo-app-explosion-with-ios-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":4571,"position":3},"title":"\u2605 &#8220;Get Ready For A Photo App Explosion With iOS 5&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"TechCrunch: Previously, developers had to use the weaker Core Graphics to manipulate images on the iPhone. Or they had to jerry-rig their own solutions to tap into something like OpenGL for more powerful functionality. While filters may seem like a simple feature, they\u2019re not easy to create from\u00a0scratch. iOS 5\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4108,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/07\/01\/linked-apple-stops-development-of-aperture\/","url_meta":{"origin":4571,"position":4},"title":"Linked: Apple stops development of Aperture","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"via THE Loop: \u201cWith the introduction of the new Photos app and iCloud Photo Library, enabling you to safely store all of your photos in iCloud and access them from anywhere, there will be no new development of Aperture,\u201d said Apple in a statement provided to The Loop. \u201cWhen Photos\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7118,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/10\/10\/linked-apple-back-pedals-on-ios-app-store-within-itunes\/","url_meta":{"origin":4571,"position":5},"title":"Linked: Apple Back-pedals on iOS App Store within iTunes","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Apple.com: Apple offers Volume Purchase Programs and Apple Configurator on Mac to help enterprise environments manage and mass-deploy apps on iOS devices. But certain business partners might still need to use iTunes to install apps.Install apps with iTunes If you've already installed a newer version of iTunes, you can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}