@kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoWhy are we still fighting smartphone bloatware in 2025?www.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1370arrow-down19
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minus-square@Tinidril@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoI used to buy my phones with a specific eye towards avoiding bloat. It was still possible to avoid most of it 8-10 years ago, but not anymore.
minus-squareDaGeek247linkfedilink1•4 months agoThis is a wild take for me. I had bloatware on my dumbphone. Hell, the old nokia phones had app/ringtone dlc bullshit in them too. My old palm pilot had bloatware. Where did you get a phone without it?
minus-square@Tinidril@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoNot without it, just a lot less. 1plus used to be not too bad. Not like today where dozens of apps come with everything.
I used to buy my phones with a specific eye towards avoiding bloat. It was still possible to avoid most of it 8-10 years ago, but not anymore.
This is a wild take for me. I had bloatware on my dumbphone. Hell, the old nokia phones had app/ringtone dlc bullshit in them too. My old palm pilot had bloatware. Where did you get a phone without it?
Not without it, just a lot less. 1plus used to be not too bad. Not like today where dozens of apps come with everything.