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After years of using android I just moved from my galaxy s8 to an iphone xs max, and I was surprised to see that apple allows to uninstall most of their apps. W
by loop0 8y ago
After years of using android I just moved from my galaxy s8 to an iphone xs max, and I was surprised to see that apple allows to uninstall most of their apps. What I usually did on my former samsung was to disable the apps I didn't needed, it is not the same as uninstalling it but it does the job.
- wvenable 8y agoOn iOS, the built in apps aren't "uninstalled" either as they're stored in the OS image just like on Android. So when you delete them, you're just disabling them the same way, and you can put them back just as easily. The difference is that Apple makes the operation appear to be the same as deleting them and that's a good thing from a UI perspective. Clearly the "disable" option in Android is too confusing for some people.
- iscrewyou 8y agoBut when you redownload a now-deleted-preloaded app, it actually downloads it. Which makes me think that Apple actually removes the App package from the phone. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
- moogleii 8y agoI think that was true of older versions, but newer versions will also offload them, either via the user or via the "unused apps" feature.