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Android is struggling to keep its market share in the United States, as Apple continues to take over in the market. But, despite Android as a whole losing ground, Google Pixel phones are becoming a bigger slice of the US market.

Counterpoint Research reports that, in Q2 2023, US smartphone shipments dropped by 24% year-over-year. That includes both iPhones and Android phones, and virtually every brand saw a drop in shipments. Samsung saw US shipments drop by 37% while Motorola saw a 17% drop. TCL saw the biggest decline at just shy of 70% year-over-year, and even Apple saw a 6% drop.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Apps you can't delete? Gotta be Samsung?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Apps you can’t delete? Gotta be Samsung?

Pixels have about 25-30 Google apps that you can't delete.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to have a Samsung Galaxy S6, I rooted it so I could remove the facebook app... turned out they built a custom circuit in a little chip that permanently breaks NFC if you rooted it. Ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I rooted it so I could remove the facebook app

Why would you even bother doing this instead of simply permanently disabling it using the built in features?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Some apps can't even be disabled (including via adb).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I found not being able to remove the app frustrating, and wanted to go further than disable it. My thinking was, it's my phone, I want it setup my way, and I don't want bloat... especially facebook bloat on the phone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Once it’s disabled it may as well be not there.

If it’s anything like any of my Samsung phones I’ve had, Facebook isn’t actually installed - the icon is just a stub. Opening it takes you to the store to download the actual app. Might be different where you are or if you bought a carrier phone though, I only ever buy outright from manufacturers or stores, never carrier.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can adb disable them. Not the same as a full removal, if you wipe/reset the phone they come back, but for most purposes they're effectively gone. Do a backup first, if you remove one too many or the wrong one, and other apps might start crashing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

At that point just use a custom os like Lineage or something

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

just...disable it after deleting updates!