Re:I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
by lern_too_spel on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @04:25PM
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You mean like all the Apple apps you can't remove on iPhones? The difference is that on your Nexus 7, you can disable the HP Print Driver, so you never see it, while on your iPhone, those Apple apps are going to keep taking space on your home screen and continue to waste battery and data on updates.
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Re:I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
by sethd on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @04:36PM
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That is true to an extent but the key difference is that on iOS they are Apple apps, not third party.
We you buy a device that comes with third party apps that are not removable it feels like you just paid for an advertisement.
Re:I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
by frostymarvelous on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @06:51PM
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And on Samsung, we have Samsung apps. Double standard?
Yes, not all of them are Samsung apps but those are mainly what Samsung users rile them for.
Once again, you are not forced to suffer this. You have the freedom to get out of this. In your case, you DON'T!!
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And that's why Apple fans will never get it. We do have a lot of crap on Android just as you! But the thing is, we don't have to suffer it! We have the freedom to change this!
That is why Android remains a superior platform. You get to choose your experience!
Re:I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
by lern_too_spel on Thursday March 24, 2016 @12:25PM
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You mean like Yahoo! Weather, Yahoo! Stocks, and (formerly) Google Maps and YouTube?
To actual users, it doesn't matter whose app it is. It just matters that they don't want them, and most of the Apple preinstalled apps are utter crap.
Meanwhile on Android, though the apps aren't removable because the system partition is read-only, the apps are disable-able so the user never sees them, which is far better than what iOS lets you do.