Why are we still fighting smartphone bloatware in 2025?

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Why are we still fighting smartphone bloatware in 2025?

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Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 12 days ago

I was excited to dive into my new smartphone only to once again waste precious time uninstalling bloatware before I could enjoy it.

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I don’t miss Android lol
- u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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  What do you use?
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    Take a wild guess lol
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      Linux?
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      No way, is it Windows Phone? Based
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        Username checks out.
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      Semaphore flags
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    GrapheneOS and iOS
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      GrapheneOS is Android
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        Id argue Android is GrapheneOS.
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        With out bloatware and proprietary Google stuff though

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