Surely this can still removed with ADB?
This is one of the main reasons I don’t run Android, the bloatware that comes with the phone that can’t be removed without root.
Just fyi you can uninstall them without root, though it’s slightly technical https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/
You don’t have to even get very technical, you can use a GUI instead of terminal controls, as mentioned in the same article.
I used ADB App Control to debloat my stock, unrooted Galaxy Tab.
Shizuku and Canta works for me 🙂
So, the Nothing 3a, AKA The Something.
Nothing says ‘I’m shitty’ more than naming yourself ‘Nothing’. Oh, wait, using meta/facebook makes you even shittier.
I mean I am pretty happy with my nothing phone. It came with a pretty minimal stock android that runs on hardware that’s quite good for what I paid. Despite the shitty name that people have indeed made fun of, the phone’s been pretty good so far.
Nothing says ‘I’m shitty’ more than naming yourself ‘Nothing’.
I mean…that’s an odd take. Don’t know how someone could be so upset over the name of a company, but hey let that anger out.
Oh, wait, using meta/facebook makes you even shittier.
No arguments there though.
That does sound edgy and pointless, like x dot com, but it fits their focus on visual style and branding over everything else.
How much does a phone manufacturer get when they do these pre-inatalled app deals?
Apparently enough to destroy the reputation over it.
Not that reputation seems to matter a lot nowadays…
Isn’t that one of the big problems?
Reputation doesn’t mean shit.
Everyone knows Meta is terrible. Everyone knows Alphabet’s and Google is terrible. Everyone knows fucking Disney is terrible. Everyone knows that the fucking Republican Party is terrible. Everyone knows that the Democratic Party is terrible.
Everyone knows all of this shit is terrible, and nobody stops giving them money.
To me I’m most supprised on this one, I mean, wasn’t the whole point of the nothing to be a phone that doesn’t distract you as much, lets you stay in the moment.
what the hell kind of partnership is this. This is as dumb as say an electric vehicle company partnering up with climate change deniers
Or nazis.
It is nazis.
Well yes or nazi’s, but for the most part having a stance on Nazi-ism wasn’t a driving factor for many to purchase EV’s. People bought EV’s specifically because that’s one of the main advantages of an EV, is they were expected to be better for the environment.
Why I point that out in the nothing phone. It’s selling point was the glyphs that let you roughly know what messages were coming in on your phone while it is face down. So in short you could set your phone down and know if your wife was texting you with an emergency, while not hearing a ping and turning away from your friends to see that you have enough energy for candy-crush. IE literally the exact opposite of facebooks marketing
which you know is literally the opposite of facebooks marketing plan.
Rivian partnering up with Motul
Probably more than what they get from selling it. That’s similar to why sports are all hands on deck with gambling now and they don’t give a shit about the fans at all
Gotta be possible to remove with root permissions, no chance I’d let that spyware sit on my phone
root permissions, which will disqualify it from being able to run the banking app, the mandatory age verification app, and others.
Depends on the bank, mine doesn’t have a problem with root.
No chance I’d buy a phone that had this in the first place.
especially one by META, whos all in datamining.
Besides the point but man, that phone looks hideous.
I like the look of the 3a, but this one just looks lazy.
Welp, and some people hypothesized Nothing would be the secret manufacturer that GrapheneOS works with. Hope not, I’m not sure what Nothing would get out of it with these kinds od actions.
I still think it’s Motorola.
Isn’t Motorola’s mobile division (with the exception of the PDA hardware acquired by Zebra Technologies) owned by Lenovo full stop?
I would imagine that might lead to issues later down the line for the Graphene team (although I’d love to be proven wrong).
Yes it is. If you mean that becaise of china, I don’t know why it would. Blossoming countries tend to open up. China is starting to blossom.
I’m not sure what problems that would lead to. Lenovo is a big part of the reason I think it’s Motorola.
I’d like that. I’ve enjoyed being on Motorola for the last few phones. Good, serviceable, middle-of-the-road priced phones and a company that doesn’t think so highly of themselves that the majority of the price amounts to a prestige tax. (ahem…Apple and Samsung)
I once had a phone with uninstallable Facebook bullshit and it is more than mildly infuriating. Fuck Nothing, they are dead to me now. This is unforgivable.
Just what the world needed
So it is oficially a shitphone.
So I’ve been holding onto my OnePlus 6T because it was the closest thing to a Nexus after they destroyed it and migrated it into the Pixel program.
I’ve been eyeballing Nothing for a while now, but it looks like before I could even get one, they’re already off the market for me.
Thanks for reporting it. I was eyeing a 3a phone, but no more.
Nothing could have been Something.
Thanks for Nothing!
Good ass burn.
Forgot the hyphen
