July 24, 2023

#SGGQA 308 Special Edition: How I Became a Samsung HATER (and YOU can TOO!)

1 hour 41 minutes

Happy Monday!

While traveling, I’ve pre-recorded this podcast in advance of this week’s Samsung Unpacked event. A bit serious and a bit tongue in cheek, here’s how I transitioned from die-hard Samsung Knight to insufferable hater.

I often pick on the most toxic members of a brand’s fandom, but I haven’t done a great job of explaining how I got here.

Let’s get our tech week started right!

Links mentioned in this podcast!

1999 – 2006 Price Fixing LCDs https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/lcd-makers-fined-388-million-for-alleged-price-fixing/

2012 – LG Samsung and carriers caught price fixing phones in Korea https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/15/samsung-lg-korean-carriers-fined-for-mobile-price-fixing-scheme/

2012 – Apple CopyCat IP lawsuits https://bgr.com/general/samsung-young-sohn-interview-apple/

2013 – Samsung Astroturfing fake negative reviews of HTC devices https://www.ibtimes.com/samsung-caught-astroturfing-taiwanese-ftc-fines-galaxy-s4-maker-340000-fake-negative-reviews-htc#:~:text=Jan.%207%2C%202013.%20REUTERS%2FRICK%20WILKING%20The%20Fair%20Trade,practice%20of%20disguising%20sponsored%20messages%20as%20disinterested%20reviews.

2013 – Note 3 Caught Inflating Benchmark scores https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/galaxy-note-3s-benchmarking-adjustments-inflate-scores-by-up-to-20/

2013 – Samsung Fined in Taiwan for Misleading Ads https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/10/samsung-fined-by-taiwans-fair-trade-commission-for-misleading-advertising/

2013 – Presidential candidate Park Geun Hye backs off Samsung during election, is elected president of South Korea https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tax-evasion-bribery-and-pricefixing-how-samsung-became-the-giant-that-ate-korea-8510588.html

2014 – Vanity Fair Article on Abuse, Collusion, Price Fixing, IP theft from Samsung (covers MULTIPLE instances of abuses) https://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2014/06/apple-samsung-smartphone-patent-war

2014 – EU fines Samsung Royal Philips, and Infineon for price fixing “Chip Cartel” https://www.livemint.com/Companies/nAhxZr7GXLWqkF7iqUi3iL/Samsung-Philips-said-to-face-EU-fines-on-smart-card-chip-ca.html

2017 – President Park impeached for bribery and corruption charges involving Samsung and Lee Jae Young https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49507401

2018 – Samsung sued over labor conditions https://phys.org/news/2018-01-french-groups-sue-samsung-alleged.html

2018 – Samsung Class Action for Price Fixing RAM https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/samsung-class-action-lawsuit-alleges-dram-price-fixing-scheme/

2018 – Samsung Fined in Italy for Slowing Phones similar to Apple battery throttling over updateshttps://www.androidpolice.com/2018/10/24/samsung-fined-italy-forcing-phone-slowing-updates-users/

https://en.agcm.it/en/media/detail?id=385e274c-8dc3-4911-9b8c-9771c854193a&parent=Press%20Releases&parentUrl=/en/media/press-releases

2019 – Report published on Samsung collusion with local police in Chennai, impersonating police, intimidating journalists https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/899620.html

2019 – Australia Fines Samsung over Water Resistance Claims https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-samsung-elec-regulator-idINKCN1TZ0EJhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-23/samsung-fined-14-million-water-resistance-galaxy-smartphones/101178818

2020 – Samsung Pay Lets You Opt Out of Selling Your Data to Third Parties https://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-pay-now-lets-you-opt-out-selling-your-data-third-parties

2020 – Samsung services sent user data to Chinese servers https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/prevent-samsungs-shady-360-storage-cleaner-from-phoning-home-china-0225941/

https://piunikaweb.com/2020/01/08/samsung-galaxy-phones-come-preinstalled-with-potential-spyware-from-chinas-qihoo-360/

2020 – Samsung complies with Russian law to force pre-installing government approved apps on phones https://www.rferl.org/a/samsung-comply-russian-law-local-apps-phones-pcs/30442915.html

2021 – Lee Jae Young sent back to Jail over new bribery and corruption charges from 2016 https://apnews.com/article/seoul-south-korea-park-geun-hye-lee-jae-yong-asia-pacific-30b0d59a2215ecfc89f06b608bd31cb2

2021 – Lee Jae Young released early from prison https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58196575#:~:text=Samsung%20heir%20Lee%20Jae-yong%20has%20been%20released%20from,is%20also%20in%20jail%20for%20bribery%20and%20corruption.

2021 – Samsung cheating on SSD Benchmarks https://www.extremetech.com/computing/326377-samsung-is-the-latest-ssd-manufacturer-cheating-its-customers

2021 – Samsung Fined $47Million Price Fixing in Netherlands https://www.reuters.com/business/samsung-fined-47-mln-price-fixing-netherlands-2021-09-29/

2021 – 61 models of Samsung phones banned from Russia over IP theft https://www.reuters.com/technology/russian-court-bars-sale-samsung-phones-over-lawsuit-report-2021-10-21/

2022 – Samsung Cheating on Benchmarks with GOS https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-gos-throttling-apps-3125885/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds

2022 – Samsung De-listed from GeekBench https://beebom.com/samsung-phones-delisted-geekbench-app-throttling-issue/

2022 – Samsung Cheating on TV Panel Performance Tests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhto9MmiExE

2022 – Galaxy Phone Battery Swelling https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/12/23393174/samsung-phone-lithium-ion-batteries-swelling-expanding-mrwhosetheboss-ifixit

2022 – Samsung collecting too much PII before data breach class action https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/27/samsung_data_theft_lawsuit/

2022 – Samsung not paying for their share of arbitration over breach class action https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/privacy/samsung-push-for-arbitration-over-alleged-unlawful-collection-of-biometric-data/

2023 – Samsung sued over storage calculations https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/samsung-class-action-lawsuit-and-settlement-news/samsung-class-action-alleges-company-falsely-advertises-galaxy-s21-storage-capacity/

2023 – Samsung Astro Turfing Reddit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Tr-AjTVbg

2023 – Samsung Dismantling Right to Repair through IP law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGD9PHjoH8A

2023 – MOOOON ZOOOOM FAAAAKE https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/11nzrb0/samsung_space_zoom_moon_shots_are_fake_and_here/

2023 – Samsung investing 230 billion in SK for chip fab https://www.reuters.com/technology/samsung-electronics-invest-230-bln-through-2042-south-korea-chipmaking-base-2023-03-15/

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