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I don't known if author is stating any truth.

I have a Honor mobile, some of there apps were system apps. You can't disable them, or uninstall even when you are rooted.

On OTA updates they add new system apps.

It's fine to have bloatware, but forcing users to keep it is not fine.

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My Samsung prevents me from uninstalling the Facebook app which came pre installed.

I don't care if Samsung prevents you from removing their camera app but facebook doesn't have anything to do with Samsung so I should at least be able to remove that.

It's a matter of understanding how apps work on Android (at least today). When apps come pre-installed ir can sometimes be part of the system partition, such as Facebook is your example. Apps on the system partition cannot be uninstall, but they can be disabled.

I believe Google has been working to make it so more apps are not in the system partition, but it can be up to each phone manufacturer on how a bundle apps.

You can _disable_ it though. It can't be completely removed because it's part of the somewhat-immutable firmware image. Annoying, but not nearly as bad as force-enabled.

All manufacturers do this, don't they? My Sony phone had mysterious Sony apps and before smartphones there was carrier-customized firmware.

This is one reason I stuck to iPhones. No carrier-customized firmware nor carrier-imposed apps I can’t delete. You get the standard iOS every time - with the only customization a delete-able bookmark to the carrier’s website in Safari.

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