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To: Crusher138

That’s pretty much the universal definition of bloatware. Here’s straight out of Oxford:
unwanted software included on a new computer or mobile device by the manufacturer.
“users must initially contend with the usual bevy of bloatware (unnecessary toolbars, games of questionable value)”

Notice not 1 word about 3rd party. Look at Windows. Everybody’s #1 target for complaints about bloatware, and every single bit of bloat on Windows was written by MS.


56 posted on 07/16/2021 12:10:33 PM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: discostu

Well, when I bought an HP computer recently, MS didn’t install what I consider to be bloatware, HP did. Computer manufacturers, and phone manufactures, are paid by 3rd parties to allow their software to be pre-installed.

Apple does not do this.


57 posted on 07/16/2021 12:51:55 PM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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