Samsung Blocks Ability To Remap Galaxy S8's Bixby Button (zdnet.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Monday April 17, 2017 @11:10AM from the where-there's-a-will-there's-a-way dept.

A Samsung representative confirmed today via Twitter that the company has blocked the ability for users to remap the Bixby hardware button on the Galaxy S8. For soon-to-be Galaxy S8 owners, the news will come as a disappointment, especially since the Bixby voice assistant in English has been delayed and will not be fully functional when units starting shipping later this week. ZDNet reports: XDA Developers first reported a Galaxy S8 firmware update blocked the ability to remap the button to perform a variety of tasks. Before, the button could even be remapped to launch Google Assistant. It's not clear if Samsung will ever support remapping the button. A representative for Samsung tweeted: "Can't say it will never happen, but we won't officially support."

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I can't believe I'm defending Samsung... by TheFakeTimCook · 2017-04-17 11:34 · Score: 1, Flamebait

...and their comment was certainly snarky; but...
WHAT IS UP WITH YOU PEOPLE?!?!?
Do you whine that you can't reprogram the Play and Stop buttons on your DVD Player?
Do you whine that you can't make the Stop button on you microwave oven launch Spotify?
Just because something has a microcontroller doesn't make it a general purpose computer.
It's an EMBEDDED DEVICE, get the fuck over it.