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Which shows that all the dislike of not being able to remove these apps is essentially based on an obsession with visual tidiness. And last time I checked, iOS supported folders, so I don't understand why you, like so many others, still play the each-app-takes-up-one-icon card. You are hurting your case by making the problem sound worse than it actually is.

There is nothing wrong with an obsession with visual tidiness, as long as you admit to the fact that it is really a minor issue that like any visual impact by UI elements is largely just a subjective choice of what people prefer.

There might be another underlying point: The notion that Apple is trying to sell us something or is pressuring us to use an app or device. But I fail to see much fault with Apple in showing us, eg, the Watch app once (without actually opening it) before we put it away into a folder.

There's that, and there's space, which is especially important on 16 gig (or lower) devices. But yes, for me it's visuel tidiness. However, the "putting it away in a folder" doesn't work for me. You see, I took OCD to the next level. I have colour coded rows of icons (I have apps I never have and never will use, just because they are the colour I need them to be), I fill exactly two pages of icons, and all my folders have one page exactly filled up, with the same colour coding. iOS 9's beta ****ed this up a great deal on my iPad, with the 4x4 rows, but I managed to fix it' but going one folder down, and downloading some new useless, small apps in blue and red. OCD!!!
 
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