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Well, the author certainly doesn't own an Android phone to witness the ton of crapware it installs.
by DeathArrow 3y ago
Well, the author certainly doesn't own an Android phone to witness the ton of crapware it installs.
- mkl 3y agoI've had Android phones since 2010 and none of them have ever installed anything by themselves.
- borissk 3y agoMany Android phones install a ton of apps at the end of the initial setup - stuff like FB, LI, Spotify, Microsoft OneDrive, etc.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoWhile that's true those things are added in by the vendors rather than Android itself, is my understanding.
- HenryBemis 3y agoYes and anyone who is actually bothered by the bloatware (I've switched to Android for a decade or so) can look up what adb can do (or cough up a few $ and buy some convenient alternative like ADB AppContro - just keep it firewalled). Every new Android device I get goes through a serious bloatware-removal phase before I let it hit the internet. Then the battery lasts so much longer, there are no notifications, etc. A bliss!!
- worksonmine 3y agoThat's because of the vendors and not the OS. Easy to avoid by choosing a decent vendor, all my Android phones the last decade have been Motorola Moto G series because of Android one. No bloat, the only bundled app is to add functionality such as gestures for flashlight/camera and I love it.
- blueflow 3y agoWhich apps did you get? Deliveroo or that Tetris clone? I got Google Lens and Zalando. </jest>
- TrueSlacker0 3y agoYup, every "security update" on my Samsung Verizon phone installs at least 3 crap games. Every single time.