Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business
by cageface on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:18AM
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Samsung's software is really not bad these days. I feel like there's a hint of Western arrogance in the dismissals they get now.
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Re:LG is getting out of the mobile phone business
by ethbr0 on Monday April 05, 2021 @09:16AM
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"Better" would be a fair summary [0].
The original quip was an application of Conway's law, in that if you have a rigid, hierarchical organization with lots of bureaucracy, you're probably not going to get great software out the other side.
At least for consumer devices. You might make exemplary software for other rigid, hierarchical enterprises.
It's nothing against Koreans. It's everything against how Korea has organized its corporate culture, even if it's making efforts to change that.
[0] https://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-One-UI-3.0-android-1...