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Re:Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware by scarface74 on Monday January 13, 2020 @08:10AM (#22034103)
Chrome is also the web engine for embedded web views. Even if you did uninstall Chrome, it wouldn’t do much good. The engine would still be there.
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Re:Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware by Waterluvian on Monday January 13, 2020 @08:22AM (#22034202)
The non tech part of me just wants the option to uninstall Chrome in order to remove it from the huge list of apps, updates, etc. Without having to configure a custom launcher.
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Re:Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware by petecox on Monday January 13, 2020 @05:27PM (#22039431)
Understood but the point being made is that your OEM will build AOSP with some ancient, say 2017 or whenever your device was released, embedded version of chromium - susceptible to security flaws from that release date. Chrome overlays a replacement engine to ensure webapps don't get p@wned.

So yes, as a firefoxee, I never want to see the Chrome icon. However, purging Chrome is a security risk.

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