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Spam apps auto installed via official software update

(Topic created on: 05-27-2022 06:21 AM)
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Mayur__
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Galaxy M
I know mobile companies use all kinds of tricks and dark design patterns to push **bleep** into devices and extract data at the same time.
And I've used mobiles like MI and Gionee when I was on the budget. But I expected Samsung to be a different company, a better, more respectable mobile experience perhaps.
Simply wanted to use a mobile that will last a while and feel like a device that I actually own, not a marketing device pushed on me that also does some things for me part time.
But apparently this perception about Samsung was wrong.
I just received a software update for my M12 couple of hours ago and and I noticed 3 apps were auto installed, candy crush game, takatak and some other **bleep** like that.
Why?
I've tried very hard to find all the settings that will stop the obtrusive bloatware, shameless spam, belligerent marketing, data siphoning and incessant notifications. But these apps still found a way.. how and why?
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punit19891736
Active Level 6
Galaxy M
Harsh truth!!
You can shift towards pure android ( Stock Android) smartphones like Motorola/ Nokia
NormalMan
Active Level 6
Galaxy M
Same happens with me .
I has used 4g smartphone and a stock android . I wish to shift to a 5G smartphone so I selected samsung A22 5g , instead of realme 8 5g because I thought it has a better software experience but it was wrong realme 8 5g is much more better than A22 5G in terms of camera , speaker display and charging.
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