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iOS 18.2 Lets EU Users Delete App Store, Safari, Messages, Camera and Photos
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Let them delete iOS and they will install nasty Android instead.
This and the cookie effing banner thing must be the best since semi conductors was invented!
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Can't believe the number of commenters here who are triggered by this. It's pretty sad.
Meanwhile, people are generally positive about the ability change the default apps.
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If people are going to set default apps to something that's not from Apple, then why shouldn't users also be able to remove those unused Apple apps?
Meanwhile, people are generally positive about the ability change the default apps.
iOS 18.2 Adds 'Default' Section for Managing Your Preferred Apps
iOS 18.2 includes a new "Default Apps" section that can be found in the Settings app, which can be used to manage your default apps for the...
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If people are going to set default apps to something that's not from Apple, then why shouldn't users also be able to remove those unused Apple apps?
Have you tried or you are just guessing. I was told deleting the camera app is a sure way to flatten the rear bump
I don’t think that’s technically true anymore. I thought the EU forced Apple to allow browser engines.
What's the purpose of buying an Apple product if you delete all the core apps? All this satisfies is the teeny-tiny minority of techie wannabes who just want to pound their chests.
You may be being sarcastic but that’s definitely not out of the realm of possibilities where ignorant bureaucrats are concerned. There’s a definite push for homogeneity by the EU so mandating a standardized mobile OS is likely on the list of things to regulate.
Sometimes, the ability to use an alternative app makes sense. If you do not want the stock-app, you get some memory and control back, as the stock one is not called anywhere anymore.
...but in case of the camera app, I see no advantage on deleting this app. It provides you some "built in" funcions, you will probably not find on an external app. Furthermore you might become stuck on Version X.Y, if it is not updated anymore. The system camera-app evolves with iOS. (...I hope
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...but in case of the camera app, I see no advantage on deleting this app. It provides you some "built in" funcions, you will probably not find on an external app. Furthermore you might become stuck on Version X.Y, if it is not updated anymore. The system camera-app evolves with iOS. (...I hope
)People in the EU need to stop complaining about not getting things from Apple when every week it is a new lawsuit or change. Invent something yourself for once
I guess I don’t see how this is useful other than the EU doing nanny government work.
I had android for 2 years from 2011-2013. I couldn’t delete TuneWiki, Blockbuster, Stitcher, VZ Navigator, or other apps.
I had android for 2 years from 2011-2013. I couldn’t delete TuneWiki, Blockbuster, Stitcher, VZ Navigator, or other apps.
Clean up and de-clutter if you don't use them?
We shouldn't be required to deal with, or lose storage to, any built in Apps if we'd prefer not to
Microsoft and Internet Explorer are suddenly coming to mind...👀
Less is more. Well, can be (at least).
From a security perspective, I can see the attraction of removing e.g. messages (significant attack vector)... and high security managed devices may not want Camera (photography is banned in some environments) or access to the App store.
So, yes. Why not ? Could create a specialised device build for exclusive work use.
You don't have to uninstall stuff...its just an option.
In extremis, maybe, I could build an iPod. Dedicated to music playback but with no distractions.
From a security perspective, I can see the attraction of removing e.g. messages (significant attack vector)... and high security managed devices may not want Camera (photography is banned in some environments) or access to the App store.
So, yes. Why not ? Could create a specialised device build for exclusive work use.
You don't have to uninstall stuff...its just an option.
In extremis, maybe, I could build an iPod. Dedicated to music playback but with no distractions.
If Android does the same their phones might be actually useable, the amount of useless bloatware most of them ship is crazy. My OCD is going nuts if I see all these apps lol.
As for iOS, it's silly what EU is doing, on the other hand, why should one not be able to delete these apps?
Not that I ever would consider it, but hey, I am certainly happy for all people that always wished to do just that.
As for iOS, it's silly what EU is doing, on the other hand, why should one not be able to delete these apps?
Not that I ever would consider it, but hey, I am certainly happy for all people that always wished to do just that.
It's fine, but it comes at a cost. Coding and engineering time spent creating this ability means that bug fixes or other features might be ignored.Can't believe the number of commenters here who are triggered by this. It's pretty sad.
Meanwhile, people are generally positive about the ability change the default apps.
iOS 18.2 Adds 'Default' Section for Managing Your Preferred Apps
iOS 18.2 includes a new "Default Apps" section that can be found in the Settings app, which can be used to manage your default apps for the...
If people are going to set default apps to something that's not from Apple, then why shouldn't users also be able to remove those unused Apple apps?
And Apple is “running amok” by, checks notes, including default apps with a device it created?
The EUs continued ridiculousness on this (and other issues related to the iPhone) would be hilarious if it weren’t actual affecting the rest of us.
How about devoting their time to ACTUAL problems from multinational companies like privacy abuse by Google and Meta.
It's not as if we have Apple Intelligence right now. It's going to be a slow and staggered roll out
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Yes, but it's only possible in the EU, and BrowserEngineKit is making porting an existing browser engine using JIT compilation (effectively mandatory nowadays for JavaScript) very much nontrivial, so it's unclear if anybody is bothering yet.
Apple should either abandon the EU or send them the most generic iPhone they can. No more advanced features.
I wish Apple would implement this worldwide.
and lol at everyone getting upset over having more choice and freedom to use your phone how you want to. Or do you only want to do what Apple lets you do?
I’d delete the awful new Photos app and Safari!
and lol at everyone getting upset over having more choice and freedom to use your phone how you want to. Or do you only want to do what Apple lets you do?
I’d delete the awful new Photos app and Safari!
I'm not interested in deleting such apps myself, but there are other I'd rather do.
I think every smartphone should be able to allow this functionality.
I think every smartphone should be able to allow this functionality.
“homogeneity” I think misses the point of principle for what drives EU legislation. equality of opportunity, equality of access to markets, reducing reliance on monopolistic services, levelling of opportunity entities outside the US to compete in software/digital markets are part of the motivation; but probably most of all what drives this is steering tax revenues back the communities who earn and then spend increasing amounts of income on digital products but who continue to expect their political leadership to provide and maintain roads, schools, health care systems etc, but struggle when entities like Apple, MS, Google, Meta, et al become mega corporations that avoid tax payments in spend nations?