> ... apps pre-installed [...] that couldn't even be uninstalled normally. Does that count as "just a shortcut" too? I mean, logistically I'd expect parent to

> ... apps pre-installed [...] that couldn't even be uninstalled normally. Does that count as "just a shortcut" too? I mean, logistically I'd expect parent to agree with that. They don't take up any additional space that you, the end-user, could take advantage of (because they were on the system partition). Personally, I agree that stating which programs are to be installed on your hardware is a good way to determine who actually owns the hardware, but if parent is logically consistent, then sure: it'd be "just a shortcut" that the average end-user will take advantage of.