Guys... these phones aren't for people like us anymore. The days of computers being just for techies who like to tinker are over because the market for "normal" people is so much larger, and the causal user just wants to text some people and watch some videos. They neither want nor need the things that we consider fundamental, so don't get frustrated that the shiny stuff now isn't aimed at us.
I guess giving you less control over your device is an improvement for them, otherwise their service wouldn't be obliged to destroy self serviced phones
I'm still rocking my S8 active, and I'll keep doing it until the battery dies or catches fire. Nothing they've added to phones in the last 7 years is worth it, imo
Only problem is that the storage is almost full from apps leaking data into locations not accessible from userland, so I'll have to root it at some point. But I'm confident it got another 2-3 years in it
The title is misleading. In nowhere the article say the Settings app will be removed, but an AI that will tweak system settimg based on usage patterns.
I guess it like: I have my brightness set at zero at 22:00, but sometimes I'm still using my phone and it dim suddenly which is a bit frustrating. This AI will learn that not to turn down the brightness when I'm using it, and wait until some other events happened then trigger the dimming. (Auto brightness doesn't goes all the way down that Tasker can do.)
While the title is misleading, its worse than what you say. They want this to apply to all settings, so it'd be a pain to have to toggle settings back to what you want every time it changes them.
They have(had?) a setting that prevents screen dimming when you are looking at the screen.
There is no value in AI being used as you describe, typical user habit learning that has been a thing for years can do that. Using AI because you can use AI is not valuable to users.