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OnePlus removes Facebook bloatware starting with OnePlus 8T

October 16, 2020 by

For those who do not own OnePlus phones, you may not know this but the company pre-installs Facebook apps and services on some of them. The list of apps includes Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram. New OnePlus phones already have them pre-installed out of the box. Fortunately, after several complaints, the mobile OEM is discontinuing the … Read more

EU may soon tell OEMs to let users uninstall unnecessary bloatware

October 1, 2020 by

In what may become a major victory for consumers that are forced to keep unnecessary bloatware on their devices, the European Union is reportedly working on “forcing” these OEMs to let users uninstall what they don’t need or want. This will be part of the Digital Services Act, along with other measures to curb the … Read more