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[–] 31 points 3 years ago (7 children)

Remember when Apple put a U2 song on everyone's iPhone and people went nuts about it? How dare they do that! That was just a song.

Now companies just install whatever apps they want. And people just accept it.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    This has been a thing since before smartphones and the U2 stunt though. The PC manufacturers started doing it back in the early 2000s.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Didn't Windows put a Weezer video on there or am I remembering something wrong?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    There were some videos on some of the installation CDs...that's all I remember. I don't think they were automatically installed on your hard drive, but I could be wrong.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Now companies just install whatever apps they want. And people just accept it.

    That's because the provider subsidizes the phone and people rather have that than to pay >1000 dollars at retail for an unbranded phone.

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