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minus-squareexanime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·2 days agoI returned my last Samsung because it was riddled with bloatwear that could not be disabled or uninstalled Facebook was one such app, if I disabled it, it would re-enable itself on reboots And it wasn’t even a cheap phone
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agowhen I got my S24+, it had Facebook, Spotify, Netflix, LinkedIn, Office 365, and OneDrive. I was able to uninstall all of them except OneDrive. I disabled OneDrive.
minus-squareexanime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoGood to know you can now uninstall them. I think my son has a Samsung now, I can check with him.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoDepends on whether it comes from Samsung or via a phone company. Either way, Universal Debloat Utility is your friend.
minus-squarehistic@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoCanta is a very good tool for that
I returned my last Samsung because it was riddled with bloatwear that could not be disabled or uninstalled
Facebook was one such app, if I disabled it, it would re-enable itself on reboots
And it wasn’t even a cheap phone
when I got my S24+, it had Facebook, Spotify, Netflix, LinkedIn, Office 365, and OneDrive. I was able to uninstall all of them except OneDrive. I disabled OneDrive.
Good to know you can now uninstall them. I think my son has a Samsung now, I can check with him.
Depends on whether it comes from Samsung or via a phone company.
Either way, Universal Debloat Utility is your friend.
Canta is a very good tool for that