SaltyEggs@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUpdated my Samsung phone and it installed unwanted appslemmy.worldimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1imageUpdated my Samsung phone and it installed unwanted appslemmy.worldSaltyEggs@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squarePlutoParty@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThey both allow everyone (including carriers) to install software, not unlike any phone manufacturer or OS does that I am aware of.
minus-squarecelerate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThat seems rather shitty. Can I not blame Samsung for making and selling a phone my carrier can push unwanted software on without my consent?
minus-squarePlutoParty@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou can, but it’d be like blaming Dell for ‘allowing’ Microsoft to annoy you with untimely updates. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to blame the manufacturer for that.
They both allow everyone (including carriers) to install software, not unlike any phone manufacturer or OS does that I am aware of.
That seems rather shitty. Can I not blame Samsung for making and selling a phone my carrier can push unwanted software on without my consent?
You can, but it’d be like blaming Dell for ‘allowing’ Microsoft to annoy you with untimely updates. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to blame the manufacturer for that.