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Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by s73v3r_ on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @01:48PM (#17560493)
"Many preinstalled apps that aren't essential are just a stub"

I've never seen this. Just about every preinstalled app on the phones I've had are the actual app.

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Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by Tijdreiziger on Thursday July 19, 2018 @07:41AM (#17565402)
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S9 a few days back. The preinstalled Facebook app (which I immediately disabled) has a listed version of 'stub (23.1.1)', and it's only 127 kB large.
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