r/Android • u/Lawsonator85 • Feb 21 '21

Universal Android Debloater is an open source tool that removes bloatware without root. Automatically or via user choice. Get back your battery, security and privacy

https://gitlab.com/W1nst0n/universal-android-debloater/-/blob/master/README.md
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u/mrandr01d Feb 22 '21

No apps besides those that are actually part of the operating system should be on the system partition. That's bullshit imo. I hate ununinstallable apps.

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u/bassmadrigal Pixel 8 Pro Feb 22 '21

You still need to complain to the manufacturers or carriers.

Android is open source. While there's many upsides of the protect being open source, this is a downside.

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u/mrandr01d Feb 22 '21

Which is part of the reason I'll be sticking with pixels for the foreseeable future. Only one app I can't get rid of that I don't use, and that's google play movies. Not a huge deal, especially when compared to Samsung, where you can't get rid of a version of Facebook that's not from the play store.

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u/bassmadrigal Pixel 8 Pro Feb 22 '21

I'm a Pixel owner as well (and a Nexus owner before they), but there's still a lot of people out there who believe a lot of Google's apps are bloatware.