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Users Upset With Undeletable Apps, Samsung Nonplussed

posted by takyon on Wednesday January 09 2019, @06:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the if-you-don't-like-it-you-can-keep-it dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Samsung is facing a battle with end users concerning its agreements with software companies to set some preinstalled software on Samsung mobile phones to be undeletable. Users have found that applications like Facebook can't be uninstalled, which has caused some distress given the recent data breaches and lack of respect Facebook has shown towards its users in the past decade. Some users have sworn off getting another Samsung phone if apps can't be uninstalled. The argument that users can just hack the phone to get root access, and then force remove the apps does not hold with non-technical users and anyone who can't risk bricking their device. Samsung has refused to comment on this, and specifically will not provide details about agreements it has with software vendors to force their applications to always be installed on Samsung phones. By comparison, the iPhone does not ever come with pre-installed third party applications.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @07:58PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @07:58PM (#784251)

    Congratulation. You've just proven to anyone with a clue that you haven't touched an iPhone for years.

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  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday January 09 2019, @09:57PM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Wednesday January 09 2019, @09:57PM (#784295)

    I have an iPhone 7 as a work phone, but only use it for calls and texts.

    You are quite right, the only time I ever interact with it is when I send or receive a call or text, so I was not aware I could get rid of a whole bunch of stock apps.

    Now I know, which is nice.