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A comment on Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex). Parent comment

Re:Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete ... by zzleeper on Saturday June 07, 2025 @11:14PM (#44214312)
Is there any way to fix it within Android? damn...
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Re:Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete ... by petre on Sunday June 08, 2025 @12:43AM (#44214593)
Yes, don't install their native apps.
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Re:Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete ... by dogtierstatus on Monday June 09, 2025 @05:38AM (#44222757)
that's great but cheaper android phones come with built-in Meta apps/services which cant even be uninstalled.
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Re:Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete ... by petre on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @07:55AM (#44309080)
You can still disable them and I think also uninstall with adb.
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