[Dilbert San Diego]

Just an observation, I’m behind the times.

I don’t know what Samsung pay is, or why you would want to pay using a bar code is it, I assume, from a cellular phone.

I don’t know what bloatware is. From the context I figure it’s undesirable to have bloatware. But I don’t know what it is.

Just saying, in my opinion, technology keeps changing, and it’s hard for me to keep up with all the changes.

[PJ-Comix]

You're not paying via barcode. How it works is you put your card info into Samsung pay along with scanning your thumbprint and a 4 digit code. When you are ready to pay you bring up your card on the phone by simply sliding from bottom of the screen and then use code or thumbprint to verify.

The reason why it is superior security to a physical card is that a hacker can't find out your full card number. You don't even see it when you pull it up on the phone screen because the numbers are blocked out. Therefore all those folks who had their credit cards hacked at Target wouldn't have been hacked if they had used Samsung Pay instead.

[moovova]

“Bloatware” are apps that are placed on your phone by the manufacturer or the service provider that are a) intrusive, b) memory hogs, and/or c) battery drainers. You don’t have to have them on your phone, and many can be uninstalled or disabled without affecting the phone. I’m a novice at this, so I’ve been frugal in removing such apps, but Samsung LOADS your phone up. I’ve seen a list of apps that could be removed on the S8, and it is lengthy.

Memory hogging isn’t a big issue for me as the phone came with a 64 GB internal card...and I just put a 256 GB microSD card in the external card slot.

Intrusive and battery draining is another case.