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[–] RGB3x3 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

God, I hate Facebook and Meta.

Their preinstalled & unremovable apps are why I refuse to buy a Samsung phone and now I guess I'll never buy a OnePlus.

Don't put garbage third-party apps on phones that people can't remove. It's infuriating

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My GF bought Samsung phone couple of weeks ago and all the apps were removable (as in you could uninstall, not just hide). They have different version of the OS for different markets, right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can remove Facebook the app itself. But, you can not remove the services, installer app, or the manager app.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Huh, I don't have that on my S22

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And this is what does the tracking? Or just occupies space?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If it's Facebook, I'm afraid it does all of it.

[–] keyez 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Samsungs unlocked non carrier devices don't come with these apps, FYI to those reading the thread.

[–] KrapKake 2 points 1 year ago

Still can't unlock the bootloader on Samdung phones in North America even if carrier unlocked. So that is a non-starter for custom ROMs.