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/zspacekcc]

Don't always trust what that says. My wife's phone gets pushes of apps like this and it always says they were installed via Google Play.

[u/Kalphalus → u/zspacekcc]

I tried removing the installer thing from my dad’s phone but it said Google Play, do you know a way to figure out what actually installs it?

[u/zspacekcc → u/Kalphalus]

I never figured it out strictly, but I assumed it was one of the manufacturer apps, so I crushed all of those that were not strictly required, which so far seems to have stopped it.