[discostu]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA Riight. Doesn’t have to be 3rd party to be bloat. Just has to be useless software you’ll never use taking space. Or just crappy software like iTunes.

Apple DOES.

[Crusher138]

By your definition any software you don’t like is bloatware.

A more appropriate working definition would be “software installed by a third party that you didn’t not ask for, nor will you likely use.”

Apple does not have third party apps installed on their phones when you purchase them.

[Swordmaker]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA Riight. Doesn’t have to be 3rd party to be bloat. Just has to be useless software you’ll never use taking space. Or just crappy software like iTunes.

Apple DOES.

LOL! You don’t use Apple yet you think you are entitled to expound on the value of Apple software better than the people who’ve used both… right. Sure.

These are the Apps Apple includes on every iphone

1. App Store *
2. Calculator *
3. Calendar *
4. Camera *
5. Clock *
6. Compass *
7. Contacts *
8. FaceTime *
9. Files *
10. Find My Friends *
11. Find My iPhone
12. GarageBand
13. Game Center
14. Health *
15. Home *
16. iBooks *
17. iCloud Drive *
18. iMovie *
19. iTunes Store
20. iTunes U
21. Keynote *
22. Mail *
23. Maps *
24. Messages *
25. Music
26. News *
27. Notes *
28. Numbers *
29. Pages *
30. Passbook
31. Phone *
32. Photos *
33. Podcasts *
34. Reminders *
35. Safari *
36. Settings *
37. Siri *
38. Stocks *
39. Tips
40. TV *
41. Videos *
42. Voice Memos *
43. Wallet *
44. Watch *
45. Weather *

* Apps I use daily or at least weekly.

Every one except settings has multiple downloadable alternatives.

However, I find all of the Apple Apps superior to the althernative, they are not bloatware. All of them integrate together and also integrate, sharing data and current work, across all other Apple products one owns and accessing file from the user’s iCloud seamlessly. Try doing that with a mishmash of third-party mismatched apps. Can’t and won’t happen. Ergo, it’s not bloatware, and there when the user wants to incorporate it into daily use.