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> Google phones still ship with crapware on them Note, these usually aren't "Google phones", they just happen to have Google's OS on it. Eg, i haven't dealt wi
by notheguyouthink 10y ago
> Google phones still ship with crapware on them
Note, these usually aren't "Google phones", they just happen to have Google's OS on it. Eg, i haven't dealt with crapware on my phone in ~7years, as i don't buy phones from 3rd parties who have incentives to put crapware on the phone.
If Apple allowed anyone else to use their OS, i'm sure iPhone would have crapware on it too. Well, unless Apple had a contract that required a clean OS, which i would honestly hope they would - i'm annoyed Google doesn't.
- bane 10y agoMy phone a couple phones ago was a Nexus on Verizon, it was pretty much stock Android except for a couple pieces of Verizon garbage that ended up on the phone and I couldn't remove without rooting. The next phone, a Samsung Note 3 had Samsung's adoring additions, but less what I'd consider "crapware". My current phone, a Nexus 6p, on Google Fi is pure Android, and finally doesn't have any extra nonsense on it. (I also had a couple other Android phones before these that also had various carrier garbage on them). Apple hasn't allowed this nonsense on their phones ever AFAIK and it's amazing that you can still buy an Android device, or at least a flagship one, that has anything but the stock OS on it. Considering that Android devices are by far more often sold than iOS devices, it's frankly inexcusable at this point.