SaltyEggsJul 13, 2023

Updated my Samsung phone and it installed unwanted apps

https://lemmy.world/post/1446100

Updated my Samsung phone and it installed unwanted apps - Lemmy.world

Show threadcelerateJul 14, 2023
Not cool, Samsung.
Show threadPlutoPartyJul 15, 2023
The carrier does this. Not Samsung. How do people not know this?
Show threadcelerate
Who makes it so the carrier can do this? Samsung, or Android (Google)?
Jul 15, 2023 at 8:52pmWeb
Show threadPlutoPartyJul 16, 2023
They both allow everyone (including carriers) to install software, not unlike any phone manufacturer or OS does that I am aware of.
Show threadcelerateJul 18, 2023
That seems rather shitty. Can I not blame Samsung for making and selling a phone my carrier can push unwanted software on without my consent?
Show threadPlutoPartyJul 18, 2023
You can, but it’d be like blaming Dell for ‘allowing’ Microsoft to annoy you with untimely updates. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to blame the manufacturer for that.