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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.
(Score: 3, Informative) by ilsa on Wednesday January 09 2019, @10:36PM
You've been able to do that since iOS 10.
And even when I couldn't do that, I ended up just creating a "Crap I don't need" group, put all the unwanted stuff in there, and moving the group to it's own home screen so it didn't clutter the screens I actually used.
Finally, the stocks app barely qualifies as a little widget. The facebook app is a 3rd party monstrosity that takes up half a gig of storage and siphons your personal data whether you like it or not. The difference between the two apps is staggering, and trying to equate them is disingenuous.