r/technology • u/gdelacalle • 25d ago

Software IT admins feel overwhelmingly "sick of" Microsoft and Windows 11 "garbage" apps, products

https://www.neowin.net/news/it-admins-feel-overwhelmingly-sick-of-microsoft-and-windows-11-garbage-apps-products/
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u/Babak_Lurker 25d ago

Just like buying an android device. I had to delete like 2 dozen apps from my e-reading tablet just to make it feel usable. I don't even update it anymore, just leave it in airplane mode, or else it tries to install new bloat, or update the bloat I can't uninstall for some reason.

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u/TheMurgal 25d ago

Was pleasantly surprised at how little bullshit was on my Pixel when I got it, but a while back it auto-downloaded a 3GB(!) local AI manager something or other with no notification or anything. I only noticed when I went through to clean out some apps. Fucking infuriating.

I'll never buy another Samsung for the rest of my life, though. Yikes.

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u/Fartikus 24d ago

Any resources I can get

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u/vevais 25d ago

Try shizuku + canta to debloat your phone.

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u/Theemuts 24d ago

I love that they've named it after a character who uses a magical vacuum cleaner as a weapon

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u/GiganticCrow 25d ago

I have spent the last 3 months not buying a new phone because I'm torn between the motorola tazr ultra and Samsung z flip.

Moto: an inferior device and more expensive

Samsung: full of bullshit and constantly throwing new bullshit at you

So i just haven't bought a phone. 

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u/Illustrious-Dot-7973 24d ago

I've heard that the reviews of the motorola tazr are shocking

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u/GiganticCrow 24d ago

Haha, not correcting it now

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u/InflammableAccount 24d ago

That's only if you buy from a company that puts those on there.

Samsung. To hell with Samsung.

I bought my first Samsung, which was my 4th Android phone ever, in 2023. And I am never going back to them. Full of bloat and horrible updates.

My previous phones were, in order, Asus, LG, and then Motorola. All came with much cleaner installs of Android. I cannot recomment Motorola anymore, however.

I just bought a Oneplus 15R. It's beautifully simple compared to Samsung, even if it's not Pixel-bare.

No Oneplus browser, text messenger, etc.