But why would I want to use the Galaxy store?
If you use a samsung phone that’s where goodlock is
And what’s that?
A really cool app that brings new functionality and customization options for a Samsung phone.
Made by samsung
Who uses that anyway? Back when I was using a Samsung phone, I was always annoyed because I couldn’t uninstall this bullshit
The Pixel with GrapheneOS is simply superior. No ads, no tracking, no bloatware, no bullshit, just 100% FOSS software with privacy and security in mind.
It goes to my pile of reasons for not using it, currently, I have:
- Blocks VPNs
- Popup ad at startup
- There’s nothing interesting on it
- Now it requires an account
I’m sorry, the fucking wha– oh right, the first app that I disabled and hid on my last Smasnug.
Unfortunate. The Samsung store is probably the biggest non-Chinese competitor to Google Play, and now it’s picking up Google’s annoying practices.
I know people like to be dismissive about every app they don’t personally use, but the Samsung Store really isn’t all that bad. A whole bunch of paid apps can be bought there for cheap or even gotten for free sometimes. I wish more people used it so Google would actually feel pressure to make the Play Store better.
and nothing of value was lost
TIL Samsung has a Galaxy Store.
For anyone who doesn’t know, you can remove the Galaxy Store and any other Samsung bloatware you don’t want using ADB. Root isn’t required, but be careful when removing apps, you could accidentally remove something that’s a dependency on something else you actually use. For me I desperately needed to stop the constant notification from the Samsung Account app telling me to sign in to continue.
There’s a simple and intuitive application called Universal Android Debloater which does everything for you
It’s free and open source on GitHub: https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation
Wait, that was already the case, can’t even view update without one.
Updates uninstalled, all available permissions turned off, auto-update turned off for Galaxy Store. That app has done nothing but get in my way. Thanks for the reminder, Samsung.
Remind me… Are Samsung’s stock apps only updateable via the Galaxy Store? Also, is the Good Lock module limited to the Galaxy Store?
I wish they offered it everywhere tbh…
