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There's a stock Android calc, why is there a Samsung one
European competition law. It's a thing.
I think the bloatware concern is historic from the days where overlays and background apps took up the much more limited processing capability of mobile phones.
These days most phones have more power than is needed for your average YouTube viewing and web browsing. Plus overlays and background processes are better coded.
Grumpy_Git-
European competition law. It's a thing.
What does that mean? Google aren't allowed to bundle a Calc app because it's anti-competitive? I remember all that shit with Windows. Total waste of time.
I don't really care if Samsung have one, it just seems a bit dumb to rewrite a basic app that already exists within Android. Of more concern to me is the reskinned UI (fine if you like it) and all the other shit that is either not necessary or downright invasive.
hippy
"Bloatware" in this case could be considered their OS skin. OneUI or Bixby or whatever it is.
For me, anything above stock Android is bloatware. Sometimes it might be useful, often it's not.
There's a stock Android calc, why is there a Samsung one? There's Google appstore, why do I want a Samsung appstore too? Basically there was lots of shit on Samsung XCovers I had that I never used and just took up space and/or memory.
https://www.minitool.com/news/list-of-samsung-bloatware-safe-to-remove.html
You could argue that some of the stuff on Android is bloatware I guess but that's a harder sell when you're relying on them for the OS. Samsung and Google are both annoying when it comes to restricting what users can and can't remove which is why nerds will root phones and use custom ROMs and shit. I don't have time for that these days.