Hamstrung With Samsung

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My war with technology continues.

 My 7 inch Dell tablet was tough but it finally wore out.  Dell no longer makes stand-alone tablets so I had to purchase another brand.  I had tried Amazon Fire with its semi-Android operating system and hated it.  It didn't play and work well with Android.  Also Amazon switched the default search engine to Bing.  Compared to Google Bing sucks.

 I had a Samsung tablet some time ago and it was OK.  So I purchased one which fit my budget (under $100) knowing that its internal memory was really limited.  But the Samsung included a micro SD card slot, a feature I like because I could move files and apps over to external storage, freeing up the needed internal space as I had done with other tablets.

 But my new tablet wouldn't allow any such transfers.  I returned to Best Buy and a Geek Squad tech spent over half-an-hour trying to make it work.  He told me the version of Android -- 4.4 -- on my tablet had been crippled to stop access to external storage, supposedly a security move.

 Imagine buying a car with a large trunk, plenty of storage room but the hood has been welded shut.

 So what about spending 40 or 50 dollars more for the next model up from that with a newer version of Android?  No go.  That model was also crippled.  I had to get one with Android 6.0, a unit way out of my price range.

 Apparently there are workaround apps to the problem but I can't be bothered.  I blame Google for creating this problem.  And while Samsung didn't create the restriction it should've warned customers about the SD card limitation.

 So with my eXperience with modern tech -- how they like to screw up a good thing -- I'm looking forward to jumping out of the way from self-driving cars.

Comments

Curt Collins said…
"Hello, this is Technical Support."

"Yes, this is James Kirk. I enabled starship auto-destruct, but the emergency has passed, and it won't shut off."

"I'm sorry, sir, but that model does not come with the auto-destruct disable option. Sadly, there's no update supported. Would you like to talk to one of our representatives about a model upgrade? I't'd be my pleasure to transfer you now."
3:50 PM
Charles Gramlich said…
The self driving cars will probably be programmed to hit me
11:06 AM
Terry the Censor said…
Software companies perversely elimimate popular features or disable the ability to customise the product. I often find it impossible to replicate the reasoning behind such decisions without the use of funny voices.
3:53 PM
Ray Palm (Ray X) said…
Cartoon voices? I think the "reasoning" could be summed up with the inarticulate sounds of Taz the spinning Tasmanian Devil in the Bugs Bunny cartoons.
10:20 PM
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