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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.

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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, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @09:14PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @09:14PM (#784274)

    I'm thinking of switching to Android, because Apple no longer offers a phone with a headphone jack, and apparently will soon enough no longer offer one with a fingerprint reader either. No, I don't want my phone knowing my face, thank you. But at least Apple doesn't spy on me (as far as has been proven, at least).

    With Android, I will be tracked and spied on. But at least I'll be able to put a SD card in so I won't have to worry if my music will fit, I can get one with a headphone jack and fingerprint reader.

    I don't really want either alternative. I just have to decide which bucket of suck I'll jump into next.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Apparition on Wednesday January 09 2019, @10:09PM (2 children)

    by Apparition (6835) on Wednesday January 09 2019, @10:09PM (#784300) Journal

    High-end Android phones have removed the headphone jack as well, and mid-range Android phones have started to remove the headphone jack as well. I don't expect headphone jacks to be on Android phones at all in a couple of years.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 10 2019, @01:37AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 10 2019, @01:37AM (#784400)

      I know that Android phones will probably lack headphones jacks in the future. At that point I will get a standalone mp3 player (yeah, they still make them) and a feature phone, and the apps can go to hell.

      At least feature phones in some form will probably still be around, since plenty of people need a "burner" phone.

      • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 10 2019, @02:22PM

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