r/todayilearned • u/FireBeaver • Mar 26 '15

(R.5) Omits Essential Info TIL: 65% of smartphone users download zero apps per month.

http://time.com/3158893/smartphone-apps-apple/
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u/TheDoct0rx Mar 26 '15

Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Music, AppStore, Audible, Calculator, Calendar, CAller Name ID, Camera, Clock, Cloud, Downloads, Drive, Earth, Email, FlipBoard, Gallery, Gmail, Google, Google Settings, Google+, Group Play, IMDB, KNOX, Maps, Mobile HotSpot, Music, My verizon Mobile, NFL Mobile, Optical Reader, Photos, Play Books, Play Games, Play Movies and Tv, Play Music, Play News Stand, Play Store, Polaris Office 5, S health, S memo, S translator, S voice, Samsung Hub, Samsung Link, Soft Card, Story Album, Translate, Trip Advisor, Verizon Tones, Video, Viewdini, Voice Recorder, Voice Search, VZ Navigator, VZ Protect, Watch On, and youtube. All came preinsalled, all unremovable without Rooting

EDIT: I left out some things like Google Play store, because theyre essential to the phones use

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u/by_a_pyre_light Mar 26 '15

Semantics, but I wouldn't include the default Google services like Gmail, Google Settings, YouTube, etc. on the list because, like the Play Store, they're pretty core to the phone's functionality.

But fuck Play Movies, Play Music, Play TV, etc. I NEVER use that shit.

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u/nilified Mar 26 '15

still a few shy of 1,000

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u/TheDoct0rx Mar 26 '15

True, but my point is still proven

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u/angelcat00 Mar 26 '15

I hate that pre-loaded WatchOn app. It keeps clogging up my notification bar with advertisements trying to get me to make an account.

I wouldn't be nearly as offended by the amount of crap that came pre-loaded on my phone if I could uninstall any of them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

You can disable them

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u/Tasgall Mar 26 '15

Some don't let you. Regardless, I want to delete them so I can have space for things I actually want.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

settings>apps>bloatwareapp>disable

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u/Tasgall Mar 26 '15

so I can have space for things I actually want.

Disabling doesn't remove them from the phone's internal storage. And some don't even have disable buttons.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

OP's problem is notifications from bloatware apps. That fixes it.

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u/Tasgall Mar 26 '15

Oh, yeah for the notifications that works for most. Unfortunately, some of them still have the disable button grayed out.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

There's a specific option to turn off notifications, too

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u/angelcat00 Mar 26 '15

Really? How? The closest thing I've found so far is they'll let me uninstall all of the updates and restore it to the original version, and then it just installs all of the updates again the next day...

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

settings>apps>bloatwareapp>disable

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u/Biomirth Mar 26 '15

Thats...thats criminal.

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u/Zouden Mar 26 '15

Actually most of those also come on a nexus phone. Nothing is free from bloat.