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Sure wish I didn't have to root my phone to delete the Facebook app. Is this a T-Mobile thing, or do most carriers bundle Facebook now?
by janitor61 8y ago
Sure wish I didn't have to root my phone to delete the Facebook app. Is this a T-Mobile thing, or do most carriers bundle Facebook now?
- lozaning 8y agoIt can be either a carrier thing, or a phone manufacturer thing. Of all the phone I deal with at work (3 models each from all the major manufacturers) I loath the HTC ones most because of the amount of shitware you cant uninstall.
- tomrod 8y agoOne of my conditions to go with a cell provider is whether I can bring my own phone. I've found BLU phones to be highly serviceable, and works great with an MVNO (I use one on T-mobile's network). I am not associated with BLU, just a satisfied customer. The sub $200 price point is nice and the hardware tradeoff hasn't been too bad. I do worry about their phone-home issues though.
- mclehman 8y agoThat was a big motivator for me as well when I finally jumped ship from Verizon. Admittedly, I went to Fi, so I was lucky that the limited phone selection worked out for me. The ease of international use more than outweighs that for me.
- briandear 8y agoAnother key reason I prefer iOS.
- mclehman 8y agoIt's just as valid of a reason to prefer 'stock' Android or something like Lineage, though. Not having to worry about the minutiae of operating systems can be a definite platform benefit though, it's just not worth the tradeoff for me.
- murjinsee 8y agoAdb yo, you can remove packages without root. Even then, I do wonder what fragments are left behind. I fear Facebook/Google/et. al are too intertwined with the likes of Samsung and LG. Even when I remove all related packages, Facebook stuff still shows up in the app manager as 'Not Installed'. Anybody have a complete list of packages and know if removing them prevents data harvesting by FB?