Unfortunately, the “trend” is also increasingly arriving in Europe… The best thing is the self-service tills, which are supposed to save staff costs and then the question of donations for doing the work yourself. Well, I don’t like that sort of thing on principle and if I donate, I give the money to the person who deserves it. So only in cash anyway.

There is also a huge difference between donations (unsolicited) and begging (requests). It should definitely be considered begging by the company in question with all the legal consequences such as tax evasion etc.

For God’s sake… Take care of your damn hands! How can you actually be so extremely abnormal. Gross, disgusting, insane

Yes ok that may be with ADB I won’t deny that. Never looked if that was enough because I rooted for other things anyway and then uninstalled it.

I have to admit that I hadn’t thought of solutions like shizuku, which should make the whole thing more convenient with ADB

Stuff like this as example (well not the 2 Last entrys)

Oh yes, of course, if you want to completely prevent communication to Meta with a customized host file, you can’t avoid root or a solution that then sets up a local VPN so that it can be blocked, but then no other vpn is functional.

Lol there was…

Xiaomi (but i got other Brands too). With hyperOS (Android based) < because of the previous history with the trade dispute over Huawei. Nevertheless, even there you will find various apk’s from Meta that are integrated into the system.

Naturally. After all, Meta pays the manufacturers to integrate and pre-install their stuff. As I said, this includes not only the apps you see in the launcher but also the services for integration in other apps, etc. If you really think Meta would do without such a treasure trove of data, you’re being naive.

I’m not just talking about the apps that can be accessed via the launcher. But also other services/modules that cannot be accessed via the launcher.

Well, in the end, everyone has to decide what they are happier with anyway. Even though I use Linux, I can understand that people also prefer to work seamlessly in the Apple Ecosystem. I can’t comment on the smart home. I don’t have any problems there, but I build my own things that the average user might not be interested in.

Haha. Well, I can criticize Apple for a lot of things, but Alphabet with Android as well. Especially with Apple, I don’t know what is pre-installed and how deeply anchored in the system. With Android, I would also prefer to be able to remove all the bloatware without root.

rooted device? If not… No its not uninstalled

Trash oh and bigger Trash… Sadly only Trash gets released

/.steam is just symlink so delete both

Maybe they’ve been watching Schleswig Holstein in Germany and they do it better than we do.