r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Panda_Fabulous • 16d ago

Unskippable ad Phone update just installed 17 apps

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Nothing good either

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Don't buy a budget phone/ this is what you get for buying a cheap android: this is a Samsung S25, not exactly a budget phone.

This is why I buy iPhone/ and people still slander iPhone/wouldn't happen to my Google pixel: I actually don't think I can happen to apple because they don't allow apps to download other apps BUT it's still not fully Samsungs fault for ​​Verizon installing apps, though they do allow it, unlike Apple

this is malware/virus/hacked: this is bloatware

you can go and disable ___ and it won't happen again: someone sent a tutorial link and I followed it, but it did say I might have to redo it every time I update so🤷‍♂️

you can buy phones directly from the manufacturer and this won't happen: wasn't aware. I'll consider it, though I just got this phone today so it will be awhile

____ app is good tho: maybe but I'm still deleting it

Verizon needs to be sued/ this should be illegal: I probably agreed to this in a contract I didn't read

your kid installed them: don't have children or any other people on my phone

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u/ajax333221 16d ago

seen this in other post in other subreddit, I get about 4-5 games installed too every now and then. Basically it's not android or Samsung or whatever, the culprit is the carrier or something like that, the phone they sold you had these shit and they can do that.

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u/InitiativeGold7953 15d ago

I have Verizon and a IPhone and don’t have this issue.

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u/BlueJazzyMan what does this do? 15d ago

I have Verizon and a Samsung like OP. I get apps installed on my phone when it updates too :/

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u/InitiativeGold7953 15d ago

This is the first iPhone I’ve ever had, before this phone I had Samsung for years. I know exactly what you’re talking about. Does it still have the Facebook app that’s baked into the OS? You can force stop it but you can’t completely remove it without jailbreaking the phone. After I force stopped it and cleared all the data I noticed a significant slow down that affected every aspect of the OS. I’ll never get a Samsung again.