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Can you uninstall Google Maps from an android phone? It's because that private corp is so big that it is starting to control much of the internet and devices s
by yipbub 8y ago
Can you uninstall Google Maps from an android phone?
It's because that private corp is so big that it is starting to control much of the internet and devices so this is an issue very much in the public purview.
It's not as simple as take it or leave it. The corp in question spends billions to insinuate itself into your life, make you dependant, eat competition, and then you can take it, but you definitely can't leave it.
Its time for google to be broken up.
- vuln 8y agoJust Google?
- dmitrygr 8y agoYes you can easily uninstall it
- balladeer 8y agoCan you please tell us how unless it's a custom ROM/non rooted Android phones? (Not disabling)
- fireattack 8y agoWell the original statement is just "an android phone", and majority of Android phones (think China) don't even have Gmaps installed.
- dmitrygr 8y agoDisable == uninstall. It is the same thing as far as package manager is concerned. No code ever runs. No data ever used.
- Bjartr 8y agoIt depends on how the system is configured. IIRC custom roms need extra steps to get any official Google apps, so it's certainly possible to configure most phones to not have Maps installed. That said, I think most OEM phones do ship with Google's suite of apps configured as "system" apps that really a few more hope to jump through and could potentially result in instability if any OEM designed system on that phone has a built in assumption about the presence of Maps. tl;dr: Yes, but you might have to jump through some hoops
- system2 8y agoYes, that starts with "leaving it". Though some found my comment above irritating, the more people use these apps or try to make it "their way", these corps won't go anywhere. Yes, either you take it, or leave it. Imagine everyone leaving google today. They can't make money. People made them rich, people can take them down. If genpop doesn't understand, you have to find your own ways to navigate thru the internet because google won't go away anytime soon. I would love to hear your opinion about how to take google down, without making people "leave it".
- gaius 8y agoYes, either you take it, or leave it That is a false dilemma, because there are more than two choices. To many of us, the third option is the one we choose.
- axiometry 8y agoOr you can take some and leave some via regulation.
- ax0ar 8y ago>Yes, that starts with "leaving it" You're right, but the percentage of Google users aware of how evil they are is probably less than 0.5%. An overwhelmingly large percentage of users won't care about what could happen as long as nothing happens directly affecting them. Mass surveillance companies like Google, Facebook know this and take advantage of it. Technology activists aren't strong enough to start a wave that would lead to people abandoning these evil corps.. Also, as others mentioned, they eat up all competition.. so there aren't really any good options left apart from Google products in areas they compete.
- superflyguy 8y ago"You're right, but the percentage of Google users aware of how evil they are is probably less than 0.5%." Not unaware of, just don't care. Most people aren't persnickety, anal, border line autistic nerds so Google/Facebook knowing who they know or where they are, when they're using software to tell their friends where they are or are using maps to literally work out where they are right now is just not an issue. If you really don't want to be tracked you shouldn't have a smartphone, not worry yourself with what Vn+0.1 of an app is doing which Vn wasn't.
- superflyguy 8y agoNo need to uninstall Google Maps from Android as you don't need to allow tracking for the saving of home to work. It's odd that Google Maps and Google Assistant both have different methods and rules for the storage of home and work locations.