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Re:Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhon... by wincy on Sunday April 26, 2026 @09:34AM (#47910213)
Maybe it’s like that time Apple thought everyone wanted that awful free U2 album that they automatically added to everyone’s iTunes library. (I know this isn’t actually the case but it’s the funniest explanation)
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Re:Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhon... by theowaway on Sunday April 26, 2026 @11:40AM (#47911174)
that fucking thing still shows up on my phone from time to time. It's aural herpes
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Re:Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhon... by trinsic2 on Monday April 27, 2026 @01:19AM (#47917952)
I use VLC for my music. Did you know if you uninstall the music app you can't play music though another music app?
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Re:Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhon... by archon810 on Monday April 27, 2026 @07:25PM (#47928635)
Is this really true, I presume on iPhones? As an Android user, this sounds insane to me.
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Re:Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhon... by trinsic2 on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @05:06PM (#47954670)
On my Iphone. I removed the music app. and was unable to play music in my car with the usb interface. It had no app to play from. VLC must use the music player in some way to play the audio. This is without carplay btw. Im pretty sure carplay is differnt.
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Re:Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhon... by DANmode on Thursday April 30, 2026 @05:27AM (#47960098)
Chrome for iPhone is also only allowed to be reskinned Safari.

It’s a locked-down platform - slightly less so if you’re in the EU.

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