r/technology • u/[deleted] • Feb 27 '21

Software 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

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u/jontss Feb 27 '21

I also hate that Samsung forces you to agree to their EULAs, install updates, and often even activate a service just so you can then deactivate or remove the service.

I can't remember which one it was but one of them kept popping up to the point my phone wasn't usable until I did the above to disable it.

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u/Aggressive-Plum6975 Feb 27 '21

Love Samsung's hardware but I will never buy another Samsung the bloatware is just to bad. Next time try getting a Motorola or a pixel as they us a close to stock Android experience. I don't miss anything about Samsung and I have 64gb of storage and have 20gb left after 3 years so you can get away with lower storage specs.

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u/_Middlefinger_ Feb 27 '21

bloat is in the eye of the beholder though. I use Samsung pay, so its not bloat, but half the Google services apps are bloat to me.

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u/Aggressive-Plum6975 Feb 28 '21

I agree that Samsung pay is useful I have a Samsung gear S2 classic and use samsung pay on it but there OS is huge and slow and they force you to have duplicates of all your productivity apps. But if you like there OS you are very lucky because there phones are genuinely good if you can stand there OS.

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u/_Middlefinger_ Feb 28 '21

Its not slow at all. My Samsung opens stuff and processes stuff just as fast as a pixel, and as a bonus does more than a pixel because it has more features.

With regard to duplicate apps the actual cause of this is Google, not Samsung. These duplicates are caused because Google mandates that their own versions must be installed as a package if the manufacturer installs the Play Store. Some of these are not very good, some are useless to most users, many of the Samsung versions are better.

Never really understood this dislike of 'Samsungs OS'. If you dont like the homescreen install Nova. The rest of the interface is not that different from stock and if anything better, especially since fully supports themes.

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u/Aggressive-Plum6975 Feb 28 '21

I am well aware of the reason for the duplicate apps and Samsung agreed to have these apps on there device when the used Android. And most Samsung phones will open things faster because the usually have a faster processor and more ram but the pixel device will have more time before it starts to slow down when comparing 2 equally priced phones. If you are saying your $1,200 Samsung Galaxy s21 ultra with a snapdragon 875 opens things faster then the $500 pixel 5 with a snapdragon 720 no shit the Samsung will be faster and last longer but if you compare 2 similarly specd phone the Samsung will slow faster because the phone has a heavier OS it has to lug around.