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Re:U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison R... by propogandist on Thursday March 07, 2019 @01:09AM (#19325912)
You can use adb to uninstall apps like FB and Chrome in a few minutes, with your phone connected to a computer

https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatwa...

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Re:U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison R... by dbdjfjrjvebd on Thursday March 07, 2019 @01:30AM (#19325981)
> This works because applications truly aren’t being fully uninstalled from the device, they are just being uninstalled for the current user
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Re:U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison R... by pjc50 on Thursday March 07, 2019 @05:32AM (#19326978)
If it's not running and doesn't send you notifications or demand updates, do you care all that much?
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Re:U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison R... by dbdjfjrjvebd on Thursday March 07, 2019 @07:26AM (#19327438)
In many ways no. NB the same can be achieved by disabling the App in settings?

There is the principal of who owns the device... But that is a slightly different topic.

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