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Sprint did a lot of this too. On the EVO I got at Google I/O I remember a Sprint NexTel Cup Nascar App that was completely uninstallable. I've since gotten rid
by stanleydrew 16y ago
Sprint did a lot of this too. On the EVO I got at Google I/O I remember a Sprint NexTel Cup Nascar App that was completely uninstallable. I've since gotten rid of the phone. I much prefer my N1 with stock Android.
- mxavier 16y agoI just got an EVO about a week ago. I don't understand why a company would be so confident that every single user wants a nascar app that they would remove the option to uninstall. Put the app in the marketplace, make it free, let people uninstall it and then put it back on their phone if they decide they're interested in it again. How is it that people so opinionated are permitted to select the software for a phone that thousands of people will use?
- wmf 16y agoWhat users want has nothing to do with it. Verizon is probably getting paid X cents for every copy of that app, and since they've already accounted for the revenue GAAP won't allow them to remove it.
- woodall 16y agoSprint and Nascar are partners- see NASCAR Sprint Cup[1]. Because of this, it is in their best interest that people watch/become aware of NASCAR. It's like product placement, but on your phone. [1] http://www2.sprint.com/mr/cda_pkDetail.do?id=1160&ECID=vanity:sprintcup http://www2.sprint.com/mr/cda_pkDetail.do?id=1160&ECID=v...
- nooneelse 16y agoWe know the reasoning, but we think it is poor reasoning. If a user doesn't want the app and can't get rid of it, then now they have something against the Nascar brand. That isn't good advertising.