Re: Samsung account

Stefan Ram wrote on 13 Mar 2024 16:59:45 GMT :

  Thank you for your foresight, Samsung!

I don't do anything lightly, and certainly I don't create an account on my
phone (or on the Internet) just because a marketing company tells me to.

An account is like livestock. It doesn't get to live on the farm unless it
gives something to me that I want. Not only what the livestock wants.

When I first bought a Samsung phone, this Samsung Account question popped
up, which, since I make informed decisions, I googled & asked experts
about.

Since I have no accounts on my phone (for privacy reasons), I asked the
question over on XDA long ago of what good the Samstung Store was.

Everyone has different reasons, as with Frank & the Samsung Cloud or AJL in
the case of just doing everything that he's told by marketing to do or
Stefan (maybe it will be useful some day) or Jesper (just to get rid of the
nagging - which doesn't exist by the way) or Richmond (who found out that
the nagging is _only_ if you're already registered for the darn account!).

All those reasons are human.
Mine are two. Literally. Two.
1. There's nothing in the Samsung account that I can't easily get w/o it.
2. There is inherent privacy in having zero accounts set up on the phone.

As for the former, what people said on XDA was some liked "Good Lock"
(which allows you to customize your phone, but so do other apps). The fact
that Samsung keeps changing the name is indicative of problem though.

Many articles say it's the first app to add to a Samsung phone for example.
https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/samsung-galaxy-good-lock-guide

See also NiceLock alternatives.
https://xdaforums.com/t/app-v2-8-20-03-nicelock-good-lock-2020-launcher-w-update-notifications.3908648/

Other than GoodLock (which you can get the functionality of elsewhere),
I found no reason to add the Samsung Account - where - contrary to what
some people said prior in this thread - there is no nagging anywhere.

It's as if the Samsung Account simply does not exist.