Privacy activists beg Google to ban un-removable bloatware from Android

Privacy activists beg Google to ban un-removable bloatware from Android

Open letter to Chocolate Factory's Sundar Pichai penned by 50 campaign groups


For much of Android's existence, Google has adopted a relatively hands-off approach that lets manufacturers ship units with pre-installed bloatware which, in many cases, cannot be easily removed. This has infuriated users and privacy advocates alike, leading 50 of the latter to pen a blistering open letter to Google and Alphabet chief Sundar Pichai urging him to take action.


Privacy International, along with dozens of other civil rights organisations, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and ACLU, wrote: "Privacy cannot be a luxury offered only to those people who can afford it."


"Android Partners - who use the Android trademark and branding - are manufacturing devices that contain ..

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