YouTube Music App now preinstalled on Android 10 devices

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2 points·olivierduval··3 comments

It's funny to see how Big Tech don't want to learn when it's about piling more money...

Google already has been caught (and fined) by the EU because it used Android to "promote" ("force" would be more appropriate) its search engine, like MS was fined 20 years for the same thing with Windows and IE. But Google is doing the same once again !

I guess that they have a bunch of competent lawyers, that already told them that they WILL be fined. And they surely decided that the benefits from abusing their position would be greater than the fines that they'll have to pay in 3 or 5 years

That's one of the reasons I'm not buying a device with Android 10. I find it intolerable that I can't uninstall most pre-installed apps. PlayMusic, PlayBooks, News, Drive. Hangouts, Assistant, GMail etc. are all apps I don't use. Nevertheless, they are still on my smartphone and take away important space. I understand that Google/Alphabet also wants to earn money but it's really annoying. I'm using the Firefox browser but still can't uninstall Google Chrome.

The worst thing is that at least on my tablet, I get continual popups saying unfortunately Google Hangouts has stopped. No kidding Google - it's because I bloody well deleted it. Why force me to keep seeing it even if I never have and never will use it, and don't want it on my systems?

For some reason, my Android phone doesn't harass me like the tablet does. But I best end it here, lest I jinx myself.

Android used to be better than Apple's OS.

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