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Re:Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware by throwaway9d0291 on Monday January 13, 2020 @09:59AM (#22034957)
From the product images, it looks like Android One devices come with Duo, Gmail, Google, Chrome, Google Photos, YouTube, Google Drive and I'm guessing the rest of the Google suite preinstalled.

I don't know about your definition of bloatware but that stuff is definitely included in mine.

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Re:Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware by crazygringo on Monday January 13, 2020 @10:30AM (#22035251)
I mean, the way iOS comes with iMessage, Mail, Siri, Safari, Photos, the iTunes Store, iCloud, and a suite of apps including Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie and GarageBand?*

Yet that isn't commonly called "bloatware"... because, of course, it isn't.

Bloatware is commonly understood to be third-party software, often of questionable utility and quality. Not first-party.

(*The suite is only preinstalled on 32GB+ devices.)

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Re:Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware by freehunter on Monday January 13, 2020 @11:23AM (#22035757)
Shipping the basic software that customers expect on a computer is not bloatware. People expect you should be able to send text messages, receive email, and browse the web from a computer without having to install anything extra.
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