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Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware

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Re: Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware

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Post by saagarjha »

tialaramex wrote: post #7
saagarjha wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Microsoft went through this with "signature edition" Windows. …and somehow we still have Candy Crush bundled with "stock" Windows :/

(Lots of) people like Candy Crush. For them this is like how Windows comes with a nice solitaire game.

The latter is a first-party app; I don't see how it's comparable.

Re: Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware

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Post by diegoperini »

tialaramex wrote: post #7
saagarjha wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Microsoft went through this with "signature edition" Windows. …and somehow we still have Candy Crush bundled with "stock" Windows :/

(Lots of) people like Candy Crush. For them this is like how Windows comes with a nice solitaire game.

If Candy Crush licensed its source code to Microsoft and Microsoft used that permission to remove all kinds of tracking and internet connectivity features from the game, then I wouldn't mind having it on my fresh Windows installation.

Re: Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware

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Post by username90 »

imgabe wrote: post #10
mschuetz wrote: post #6

It's also one of the reason I try to keep phones for as long as possible until buying a new one. I loathe all that bloatware and hate dealing with it with every brand new one.

This is why I stick to Google's flagship phones- Nexus and now Pixel. Clean, up to date version of Android.

I bought a Samsung, never again...

Re: Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware

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Post by niffydroid »

This will be good for the low end phones. My partner mother had an lg with 8gb of storage, it came bundled with all sorts of nonsense, 2 calculators, 2 alarms, some office suite. It made installing things like whatsapp or Facebook hard because of the bloat taking up the space. This only damages the reputation of these brands for me that do this sort of thing. Skins/ui and other functions are fine, but at least let me get rid of the junk

Re: Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware

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Post by discordance »

imgabe wrote: post #10
mschuetz wrote: post #6

It's also one of the reason I try to keep phones for as long as possible until buying a new one. I loathe all that bloatware and hate dealing with it with every brand new one.

This is why I stick to Google's flagship phones- Nexus and now Pixel. Clean, up to date version of Android.

Any Android One phone runs stock Android

Re: Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware

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Post by izacus »

gsich wrote: post #14

>Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware by 50 organizations Google should start with ... Google. Lot of bloatware comes from them too.

Most apps can be uninstalled from Pixels / Android One phones these days (including Chrome, YouTube, Google assistant app, Play music/movies) etc. so they did change quite a bit these last years.

Unfortunately OEMs still love to abuse the "Don't allow installation" flag on APKs to prevent you from uninstalling Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. (I'm looking at you Samsung).

Re: Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware

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Post by pushpop »

diegoperini wrote: post #12
tialaramex wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(Lots of) people like Candy Crush. For them this is like how Windows comes with a nice solitaire game.

If Candy Crush licensed its source code to Microsoft and Microsoft used that permission to remove all kinds of tracking and internet connectivity features from the game, then I wouldn't mind having it on my fresh Windows installation.

I can’t see that ever happening given that Microsoft puts those “features” into Windows itself.
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