Generally, for me it would be Xiaomi and Samsung. Both have decent features at a decent price. I mean, they can run some games without too many problems or open TikTok.

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    I’ve had two samsungs and I’ve never had a problem removing meta shit.

    Might be because I’m UK, I think unremovable bloatware was outlawed a few years ago

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      13 hours ago

      I’ve just switched to a Motorola from a Xiaomi, and I’m in the UK. The Xiaomi wouldn’t let me uninstall quite a few apps. The Motorola is giving me the option at least

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        Does yours not have Glance? I have a Moto G and there’s this app I can’t uninstall that puts “news stories” that are actually advertisements on my lock screen. I can disable it but if my phone reboots it re-enables itself. It’s the sole reason that this in my last Motorola phone.

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          I had something similar when I first set up the phone, but I disabled it along with most of the other junk. Apart from immediately after an update, I haven’t seen it again. Even then it was easy to disable.

          I had an automatically installed games folder after the update too, and that was a bit trickier to remove, but it was just a case of finding it in the settings. I’m stuck with Facebook because of a music festival I’m involved with, but long pressing it and dragging it to the top of the homescreen gives me the option uninstall it. I don’t know if it’s an actual uninstall or just disabling it, but it looks legit