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Apple and Samsung aren't the world's top two smartphone vendors for once (www.androidpolice.com)
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[–] [email protected] 51 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Spoiler: Xiaomi is #1 now.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

I tried the Mi 8 Lite, honestly I'm not impressed. It's super cheap, which is really cool, but the OS it comes with is riddled with bloatware... Not sure it's worth it

[–] [email protected] -1 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

but the OS it comes with is riddled with bloatware…

As opposed to Samsung and Apple? Right...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Samsung from a phone vendor like Verizon is bloated, but not one from Samsung (well, except the Samsung crap like Bixby).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I'd say Samsung is comparable, but Apple... Isn't the goal of buying an iPhone to have a closed environment? (or was)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Yeah other commenter was incorrect. They’re sold with only a basic collection of first-party apps (even the carrier locked devices, so far).

To get one with third-party apps pre-installed requires special provisioning meant for employee work phones. (If you come across one of these in the wild, ask the seller to reset in front of you. If the bloatware remains, odds are the device was recently stolen.)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Canta is a very good tool for that

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Good to know you can now uninstall them. I think my son has a Samsung now, I can check with him.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago

Depends on whether it comes from Samsung or via a phone company.

Either way, Universal Debloat Utility is your friend.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

Folks here doing God's work

https://xiaomi.eu/community/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago

That's a 6 year old phone, and they've cleaned that up a lot since, at least for western markets.
The new HyperOS although it functionally looks the same, feels way better.
Apart from the glass back, the 13T is an amazing phone IMO.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Well until they letting to unlock bootloader,it's nice cheap phones when u install custom os