I just updated my S23+ to the latest firmware and noticed that generative AI (Galaxy AI) features have been added nearly everywhere without a way to fully remove them. I personally really HATE generative AI for quality, ethics, and privacy reasons, and I want a way to fully REMOVE (or, at the very least, fully disable!) it.
In addition to that, unnecessary software restrictions broke several of my third-party apps, including my custom theme (Hex Installer), which, in my opinion, is unacceptable.
Blocking the ability to disable preinstalled apps and services, even though ADB (which has been possible for decades up until now!) is not acceptable behaviour, and if Samsung doesn't change their ways very soon, my next phone will not be Samsung.
This means:
- remove the recent permission blocks from the shell/system user (adb, UID 1000) or have a way to fully disable them
- restore the ability to use custom themes through third party apps (make com.samsung.android.permission.MODIFY_THEME and related permissions unrestricted or at least user accessible)
- have a way to fully remove or disable Galaxy AI
As I said, if these things don't change soon, my next phone won't be Samsung anymore.
