Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU decision

Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by master-litty on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @02:11PM (#17560732)

>A factory reset should get you plain Android, not Android plus whatever your carrier got paid to dump on your phone.

Disagree. It's nice for the technically-inclined but terrible for everyone else.

It's scummy that carriers get paid to shovel this crap on, but I'd think many consumers expect some of these apps and suffer without them. They just want their phones "to work."

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Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by StudentStuff on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @02:54PM (#17561090)

The non-technically inclined can easily download Facebook and the like, its nothing they're unfamiliar with. The big difference is whether or not a horribly out of date version of that app is permanently embedded in the phone's storage.

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Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by master-litty on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @03:48PM (#17561527)

Without the play store? Which was wiped to make a clean android installation? :)

Maybe they could figure it out with some help but I'm certain that's frustrating for many consumers regardless.

Two different arguments here honestly. Apps should never be permanently embedded.

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