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Re:South Korea rules pre-installed phone bloatware must be d... by topspin on Sunday January 27, 2019 @04:24PM (#19013878)
> Under the new guidelines, telcos are required to make most of their pre-installed apps deletable except for four necessary items related to Wi-Fi connectivity, near-field communication (NFC), the customer service center and the app store.

I don't believe the purveyors of 'bloatware' are going to struggle much exploiting that list of exceptions. I think I could shoehorn just about anything into 'customer service center' and 'app store.'

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Re:South Korea rules pre-installed phone bloatware must be d... by slezyr on Sunday January 27, 2019 @05:27PM (#19014131)
In fact there is no "non deletable" apps on your phone. You can do "adb shell" then "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.huawei.android.mirrorshare". No need for root or something.
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Re:South Korea rules pre-installed phone bloatware must be d... by azinman2 on Sunday January 27, 2019 @07:08PM (#19014574)
Because that’s what your average consumer knows how to do....
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Re:South Korea rules pre-installed phone bloatware must be d... by clanrebornwow on Monday January 28, 2019 @02:11AM (#19015762)
Doesn't it always comeback when you upgrade the OS?
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