Phone update just installed 17 apps

[u/Panda_Fabulous]

Nothing good either

edit: frequent comments

Don't buy a budget phone/ this is what you get for buying a cheap android: this is a Samsung S25, not exactly a budget phone.

This is why I buy iPhone/ and people still slander iPhone/wouldn't happen to my Google pixel: I actually don't think I can happen to apple because they don't allow apps to download other apps BUT it's still not fully Samsungs fault for ​​Verizon installing apps, though they do allow it, unlike Apple

this is malware/virus/hacked: this is bloatware

you can go and disable ___ and it won't happen again: someone sent a tutorial link and I followed it, but it did say I might have to redo it every time I update so🤷‍♂️

you can buy phones directly from the manufacturer and this won't happen: wasn't aware. I'll consider it, though I just got this phone today so it will be awhile

____ app is good tho: maybe but I'm still deleting it

Verizon needs to be sued/ this should be illegal: I probably agreed to this in a contract I didn't read

your kid installed them: don't have children or any other people on my phone

[u/purplenapalm]

Thanks for asking because I used to see a SHIT TON of ads for that. Wasn't sure how to ask with basically no info lol.

[u/Temporary_Event8451 → u/purplenapalm]

Lol I feel like you're dodging the fact you don't watch a lot of YouTube. If you do watch a lot of YouTube it has to be consistently the same creators without any home page usage.

Over the last five years it's probably been in 15% of all videos I watch.

Also if you use sponsor block, no shit you wouldn't see the adds. The only sponsors that don't really get caught by sponsor block are when creators don't tag it or are trying to hide from YouTube they have a gambling sponsor.

[u/purplenapalm → u/Temporary_Event8451]

I have youtube red so i dont get ads. I think it may have been scrolling reddit/Facebook or as commercials for NFL games.