Carriers Continue to Force-Install Junk Apps
It would seem to me the carriers need to be sued
Any legal eagles out there want to take this up?
Yes it's stupid they pre-install certain apps, yes it's even more stupid you can't remove them without rooting your device, but there is nothing illegal about them doing it.
I'll just touch on this point quickly: Rooting your phone is very simple (there are even one-click rooting apps available), and if you un-root beore you take your phone in to be serviced/replaced, there is no way of the carrier detecting it was ever rooted, so your warranty would still be valid.
If they keep doing things like this, phone enthusiasts who aren't interested in rooting/jail...
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Even if you "allow" the software change, your average consumer isn't going to review software notes on a website to know whether or not it will include something they don't want. Most consumers feel these updates are to improve performance and are mandatory. They certainly are if you want any resolutions to provide.
This is the same as buying a brand new house, finding out the company who made your faucet made it faulty, and they're going to fix it without charge IF you let them install new knobs that you don't want because they're bulky and annoying. That just doesn't happen in any other aspect of our lives.
Imagine your microsoft update randomly installing opera browser. Or gettin...
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Because the phones are owned by the carrier, have the carrier logo on them, are often exclusive to the carrier and are sold to the customer on a subsidy with a carrier contract.
Bottom line is when you use their equipment, and demand a discount for them, you play by their rules.
You don't like it? Don't buy carrier equipment, buy unlocked, carrier independent phones at full retail price, which, for the average smartphone is between $500-$700.
Locking the phone to their network to make and recieve calls is something that can be undone. It may have their logo, but it has the manufacturers as well. It does not mean they own it, anymore than Chevy owns my car.
In a court of law, they could not reposess my phone or legally take it back. If i called them and asked them who owns the phone, they would say me.
They force apps onto the phone, and I do have the option to remove them, if I choose to break my manufacturer warranty, which I do. But there is no other product or device that you purchase from a company ...
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Here is the VZW part where its covered.
"My Wireless Device
Your wireless device must comply with Federal Communications Commission regulations, be certified for use on our network, and be compatible with your Service. Please be aware that we may change your wireless device's software, applications or programming remotely, without notice. This could affect your stored data, or how you've programmed or use your wireless device."
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/globalText?textNa ... »
Until then, its just a matter of them being disrespectful to their customers.
Anyway, while I agree with you on some points. The people on this forum are on the top of the mobile world per say. A lot of people do utilize those apps, and the carriers get paid for including the apps.
The more they get paid, could mean lower subsidized prices. (I say could because I have no data to say that the carrier is not just pocketing the money)
I do think that we should be allowed to remove the apps without rooting, but I in no way feel disrespected by having the 'bloatware' on my phone.
-Archer
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