How can a company like Google simultaneously have their act so together that they create the Android OS, and then be SO F'N STUPID that they allow the experience to be destroyed by idiotic BS. I just bought a Samsung Galaxy S4. It's a GREAT phone but:
1. Why the hell should I have to spend an hour going through all my apps and turning off endless freaking notifications? Does Google really think I want to know every time the phone uploads a note to Evernote? Every time it uploads a photo to G+? Ad nauseum. And I'm a geek so I'll spend the time to do it, but that means 90% of the users out there are just living with these endless notifications. And if Google is going to allows apps to default to notifications ON, how about giving me one central place or command to turn them off?!
2. I'm now getting other notifications on my phone that I consider the equivalent of ads. Yesterday Swiftkey popped up a notification asking me to watch their tutorial videos. Now today they popped up a notification reminding me I could have it scan Facebook and Gmail to learn my text habits. So I go into the settings and find there is a F&&*NG setting for receiving notifications about "tips and tricks". Are you kidding me?!
I bought this phone to be more productive, not have an endless series of useless s*&t shoved down my throat. I'd like to shove this phone up someones A$$ at Google right now.
1. Why the hell should I have to spend an hour going through all my apps and turning off endless freaking notifications? Does Google really think I want to know every time the phone uploads a note to Evernote? Every time it uploads a photo to G+? Ad nauseum. And I'm a geek so I'll spend the time to do it, but that means 90% of the users out there are just living with these endless notifications. And if Google is going to allows apps to default to notifications ON, how about giving me one central place or command to turn them off?!
2. I'm now getting other notifications on my phone that I consider the equivalent of ads. Yesterday Swiftkey popped up a notification asking me to watch their tutorial videos. Now today they popped up a notification reminding me I could have it scan Facebook and Gmail to learn my text habits. So I go into the settings and find there is a F&&*NG setting for receiving notifications about "tips and tricks". Are you kidding me?!
I bought this phone to be more productive, not have an endless series of useless s*&t shoved down my throat. I'd like to shove this phone up someones A$$ at Google right now.