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Samsung will allow bloatware to be removed but only in China

Posted on August 2, 2015August 23, 2019 By Jarvis

Caving in to pressure, or perhaps the threat of a government lawsuit in China,Samsung has revealed that it will be issuing patches that will finally let users uninstall non-essential pre-installed apps, a.k.a. bloatware from their smartphones. This is definitely an unprecedented move for the OEM, one of the worst offenders when it comes to packaging 3rd party services and apps on their devices. Sadly, it’s a development that, at least for now, is localized only in China and doesn’t seem to have any effect on Samsung’s other markets.
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