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Re:Samsung Unveils 15.6-Inch Ultra-HD OLED Display for Laptops by paulie_a on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @12:05AM (#19023912)
And two mail clients, a good one and the Samsung one

And two calendars, a good one and the Samsung one

And two browsers, a good one and the Samsung one

And two text editots, a good one and the Samsung one

And a camera application, a good one and the Samsung one

Why do they bother?

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Re:Samsung Unveils 15.6-Inch Ultra-HD OLED Display for Laptops by thaumasiotes on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @01:18AM (#19024215)
As far as I've read, because they wish they didn't have to depend on gapps. To the extent you wish Android were a little freer of Google, you should support that idea.
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Re:Samsung Unveils 15.6-Inch Ultra-HD OLED Display for Laptops by paulie_a on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @01:38AM (#19024300)
So they make worse quality apps yet still include gapps. That's a brilliant plan.

How about they stick to quality hardware and let the pros deal with software.

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Re:Samsung Unveils 15.6-Inch Ultra-HD OLED Display for Laptops by forgotmypw2 on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @01:02AM (#19024143)
Because there is a huge fucking pile of money (Samsung revenues) and every manager works hard to convince their manager that their product is worth a piece of it. See Dilbert
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Re:Samsung Unveils 15.6-Inch Ultra-HD OLED Display for Laptops by xxpor on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @01:50AM (#19024347)
Do they include the Samsung ones on Chinese market phones, where there's no GApps?
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Re:Samsung Unveils 15.6-Inch Ultra-HD OLED Display for Laptops by owens99 on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @02:44AM (#19024549)
No. Xiaomi and Huawei have their own apps as well
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Re:Samsung Unveils 15.6-Inch Ultra-HD OLED Display for Laptops by hocuspocus on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:43AM (#19025330)
So, yes.
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Re:Samsung Unveils 15.6-Inch Ultra-HD OLED Display for Laptops by lvs on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @01:20AM (#19024223)
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

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Re:Samsung Unveils 15.6-Inch Ultra-HD OLED Display for Laptops by TeMPOraL on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:22AM (#19025235)
And I ate seeds,

and got stung by bees

for three long days

until Park Rangers finally found me.

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