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Sprint letting users remove smartphone bloatware

article published on 24 June, 2011

If you have purchased an Android smartphone in the last year, chances are you have been stuck with a device that comes loaded with bloatware, pre-installed apps that are impossible to remove unless you root your device. Sprint is looking to change that, however, and starting with the release of the HTC EVO 3D it appears that owners can now remove said bloatware without having to go through ... [ read the full article ]

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dEwMe

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25. June 2011 @ 12:42

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Don't manufactorers get paid to place those apps on your PC/phone/whatever? Wonder if making em easier to remove is a problem with those agreements?

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dEwMe

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27. June 2011 @ 10:26

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I don't see how, but leave that to the lawyers to find out. And they will.

I mean, if they removed them to begin with and just tried shepherding users with ads or something sure. But so long as it's pre-installed, the user is introduced easily. I think it's awful that even after paying as much as we do for products and services that we can't just have that product/service. You have to have everything they want you to have and pay for.

Why I rooted my phone, and why I no longer use cable, and why I don't browse the net without adblock and betterpopupblocker.

I've already paid my dues, I have the devices/services required, I'm done. I don't understand paying a monthly subscription for something and then still having things thrown in your face.

If I can't remove all the junk, if 1/3 of every hour is adverts, then I shouldn't have to pay to use it, or I should have to pay near-to-nothing.

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