Exactly, thanks for mentioning that.
But they keep repeating same things ad nauseam.
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Samsung to Preinstall Spotify on New Smartphones, Including Galaxy S10
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Exactly, thanks for mentioning that.
But they keep repeating same things ad nauseam.
no one in their right mind calls the best Music streaming service bloatware,but ok..so here are the actual bloatware on my iPhone :
Apple Music,iTunes store,Home,News,Apple Maps,Apple Books,Videos.Stocks,..
Specify the Apps, and the Apple stocks was an example of a bloat app.
Why do Macs come with, dictionary, apple books, facetime, Siri, itunes, maps, preview, home etc...?
Same for iPhone's bloatware. What? You're going to say that's the Apps that users will use out of the box?
Well same for Spotify, Facebook. Chrome etc... But not everyone uses them right? Well I don't use Maps, Facetime, or Siri as well.
Then why does it come pre-installed as well? That's the same as bloat as you last said, even if it can be uninstalled.
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And the opinion of 90% of the users. A google search will show you that.
How can you turn down free music? It's not like it's rubbish either so I never got the tantrums some had when they got an album from a top band for free.
Apple should approach Sony, LG, Nokia and OnePlus for a similar partnership, then create a UWP-coded Apple Music Windows app and bundle that too with every copy. I'd rather get that than Candy Crush Saga or some crap.
They pushed it down your throat, and couldn't be deleted? Nobody asked for it either.
Actually you can't uninstall a lot of the pre-loaded apps on Androids. I doubt you'll be able to uninstall Spotify either if Samsung are getting paid, and surely they are.
Fear not! Apple is still selling 16GB Phones at flagship prices if you want to buy some.
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Which Apps are you talking about specifically? I can uninstall all the pre-loaded Apps that came in my phones, in fact you know in the setup page you can choose if you want to install them or not? Are you basing your opinion from self experience or from iPhone fandoom bandwagons?
iCloud storage is syncing and storage. You have Files app now that can be used to store any documents on your iCloud
Video App is right there, preinstalled with every new iPhone out of the box. Ever seen this?
iTunes Store is also preinstalled on iOS, not as music/video player, that's just another apps. It's another store, right beside the AppStore
This
Just like I said, it looks pretty and colorful, not as intrusive but still it's still ads that Apple puts inside every iPhone. Look, I'm fine with it, but please .. most iPhone users are complaining about how bloated Android is, but then forget that iOS is not as innocent as you think.
Every Android devices comes with a lot of useless things, in Italy even with carrier apps. Samsung store too even if you have Play store...
What?
That's carrier problems, not the device itself. I can't complain of my unlocked devices. What's the deal with Samsung store? You know it's there where you download stuff for the Galaxy Watch etc?
So is the Apple Music app compatible with the Samsung Galaxy and I don't mean to sideload the apk?
Good discussion but one tricky to answer. When becomes a pre-installed app bloat?
For me I call stuff bloat if there is functionality duplication. The Galaxy s10 now ships with a whopping 3 mediaplayers. Samsung Music (which has Spotify integration), Google Play Music (because they must) and now Spotify. If you count the duplicates for gallery, email, store, calendar, notes and on my previous galaxy there was also google drive, samsung cloud, onedrive and dropbox in the factory images...
The Apple solution isn’t ideal either. You can remove apps you don’t want to use but as soon as you click a mail link it will start nagging to install the mailapp.
For tech geeks it seems the best way to ship a phone is just the OS without apps and services. But 99 percent of the users want a full packed phone when they spend 1000 dollars.
As for Apple Music. I like it a lot but it is unusable, ugly and laggy on windows. So as long as they don’t fix this or release a web player with iCloud Music functionality it is a no go for many people who like listening to music at work or their game desktop. And before people point me to fan made webplayers: none can acces my own uploaded music since there isn’t an open API for it. Plus if I pay for a service I want the company I pay do the heavy lifting and not ‘fans’
For me I call stuff bloat if there is functionality duplication. The Galaxy s10 now ships with a whopping 3 mediaplayers. Samsung Music (which has Spotify integration), Google Play Music (because they must) and now Spotify. If you count the duplicates for gallery, email, store, calendar, notes and on my previous galaxy there was also google drive, samsung cloud, onedrive and dropbox in the factory images...
The Apple solution isn’t ideal either. You can remove apps you don’t want to use but as soon as you click a mail link it will start nagging to install the mailapp.
For tech geeks it seems the best way to ship a phone is just the OS without apps and services. But 99 percent of the users want a full packed phone when they spend 1000 dollars.
As for Apple Music. I like it a lot but it is unusable, ugly and laggy on windows. So as long as they don’t fix this or release a web player with iCloud Music functionality it is a no go for many people who like listening to music at work or their game desktop. And before people point me to fan made webplayers: none can acces my own uploaded music since there isn’t an open API for it. Plus if I pay for a service I want the company I pay do the heavy lifting and not ‘fans’
Yes it is. Can I use it to play my personal music library? Will it be the route mp3s and wave files will be handled? If not, it’s definitely bloatwear.
Pre installed third party apps is one of the main reasons I switched to iPhone way back when. There was a huge conflict between AT&T and Apple with the first iPhone, AT&T wanted to put some of their apps on the phone out of the box (and an ATT logo on the phone)
iPhones come with Apple Music preinstalled. Why is one considered bloatware and the other not?
And this is why I will now only buy Google branded phones, I don't want all of the preinstalled garbage, let me choose what I want on my phone and what I don't, don't take up my storage that I paid for with useless apps like Spotify.
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Apple Music is also bloatware, I consider them the same.