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Next smartphone I buy, which one do you recommend? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Things that make me angry about my current smartphone Samsung Galaxy S21Ultra on a Verizon plan is the mandatory software updates in which they install WITHOUT MY PERMISSION stupid apps like Netflix and addictive gambling games and stacking block games and Candy crush. God knows what else they install without my permission. I don't want any of it!

Next phone I buy I want to start with a clean slate, I'm not going to affiliate with any conglomerate like Verizon or AT&T or Sprint or T-Mobile etc, I prefer to go rogue somehow,

which smartphone do you recommend that has no bloatware and it's customizable?

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[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm just trying to avoid getting bloatware installed on my phone every time they run a mandatory software update. that was probably a Samsung thing and had nothing to do with Verizon but whatever the case,

It's time to upgrade.

I'mma get starlink.

[–] Wes_Dev@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

As cool as the technology is, I wouldn't trust Starlink to handle my breakfast order. It's leadership is corrupt, arrogant, and evil. You can find all sorts of news stories about it online.

[–] AzureRT@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have never heard of phone updates installing bloatware. The only time bloatware is present is when you first use the phone

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yup, I'm telling you, when I first got this phone, first thing I noticed was fucking candy crush et al, and immediately uninstalled all that junk. And every time it runs a software update, i kid you not, within a couple days I'm looking through my phone and I notice more shit they installed. Monopoly, Candy crush, block stacking games, I didn't ask for any of this! delete delete delete.