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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by murderfs on Monday February 06, 2023 @04:13PM (#34684422)
That's likely because Apple is doing the same thing but just lying to you about it. You can't uninstall stock apps because they came on a read-only system image that was signed by your device manufacturer.
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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by MBCook on Monday February 06, 2023 @06:36PM (#34686200)
Depends on the app. You can get rid of the real ones like Pages or Sheets or Clips.

Mail or Calculator or Find My is just getting hidden.

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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by marcellus23 on Monday February 06, 2023 @07:04PM (#34686470)
This isn’t true. Deleting apps does actually remove that app and usually user data too. Associated system frameworks might stick around because other parts of the OS depend on them.
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Re:The Samsung Galaxy S23’s bloated Android build somehow us... by Mindwipe on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @07:58AM (#34692126)
> This isn’t true. Deleting apps does actually remove that app and usually user data too.

It is true. Factory reset your iOS device and they will come back. That happens because the app is stored still, Apple just creates a second copy that it deletes when you remove the app.

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