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Re:Google quits selling tablets by namibj on Friday June 01, 2018 @10:44PM (#17212341)
Slightly below the range, you find e.g. Lenovo's Phab 2 Pro, on which i yo date don't remember encountering crapware (of any kind). I can comfortably run an 80-column terminal on it (wireless even), and it still (barely) fits in my front pocket.
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Re:Google quits selling tablets by throwawy2018 on Friday June 01, 2018 @11:11PM (#17212441)
> don't remember encountering crapware (of any kind)

Lenovo Motorola, Huawei and others have plenty of spyware on them. Years ago there was Superfish, later Adups Technology spyware and Allwinner's root backdoor.

Not the kinds of devices you want to be doing your banking on.

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Re:Google quits selling tablets by namibj on Saturday June 02, 2018 @06:26PM (#17216738)
Yes. Probably. Which is why I only said that I don't remember encountering any, not that one should presume there is none.
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