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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.

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) by AthanasiusKircher on Thursday January 10 2019, @12:37AM (1 child)

    by AthanasiusKircher (5291) on Thursday January 10 2019, @12:37AM (#784366) Journal

    I was nonplussed about it too, but then I read TFA, and now I'm positively plussed. (?!)

      It's clear Samsung understands the situation perfectly.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 10 2019, @03:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 10 2019, @03:40PM (#784521)

    And that's what makes it double plus ungood!