58 points

yay! more bloatware!

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Who asked? If they cared about users they would install F-droid not Epic store.

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Easy: no one. It’s not about who asked, it’s about who paid.

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They can go fuck themselves if it’s installed as a system app

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It probably will have to to satisfy anti-monopoly rulings: allow app installation to be as seamless as Play Store (which has root access or similar).

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No, that would just require the permisson for the Epic Store to install APKs to be granted out of the box, no need for it to be a system app for that

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If the permission is granted, the native/session APK installer still handles every install and update, including its “Do you want to install/update this app?” popup. Only root and system apps can do installs and updates silently.

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Never buy a phone through a service provider.

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My parents ask me for help with their carrier-provided Android phone and I’m just like “Wow, you live like this?”

Complete insanity how much garbage bloat they cram on those things.

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How do you go about doing otherwise?

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11 points

You just buy them

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Directly through the manufacturer. Most offer trade-in promotions on par with, if not better than, any service provider deal, with the added bonus that you’re not locked into a 3 year installment plan with said provider.

Alternatively, eBay.

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Manufactuer website

Example: iPhones - apple.com; Samsung Galaxy - samsung.com; Motorola Phones - motorola.com; Google Pixels - store.google.com

Or go to your local BestBuy

Or Amazon (although, I personally would avoid Amazon for expensive electronics)

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Perhaps with this extra bloatware it’ll weaken Google’s hold, here’s hoping that that will drive us to get full control of our digital lives

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