RedMi Note 11. Just received it for Christmas and boy was I crying the first time I booted it. 1 Gb of bloatware must most importantly: impossible to uninstall chrome.

That is ok if any other browser can co-exist beside it… Boy was I wrong again. Some links from apps don’t even care about my default browser, they just open chrome cause hell yeah.

This is sickening me, Google is beginning to really disgust me. Someday I’ll root this mf to get rid of ALL the bloatware

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Disable all that crap with the Universal Android Debloater

    You’ve also discovered one reason why I root - to ensure the only things that run are those I choose to run.

    Chrome isn’t required. The web view engine is, and even that can be replaced.

    Edit: oh, Xaiomi. 'Nuff said. There are certain brands to avoid because of either bloatware or the customizations of the OS make debloating difficult, and rooting or flashing difficult to impossible. Samsung is another.

    It’s these issues that keep me on devices that are a little older, ones with well-documented root/flashing processes.

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I am puzzled by this because I run stock Android (not rooted) and have been using Firefox with chrome completely disabled for months now without issue. This is not a Google issue.