Hot Take Bloatware pushes the Galaxy S23 Android OS to an incredible 60GB

[roger_m]

Pixel 6a is your friend for less than $300 (sale price). Only downside is no microSD card expansion.

I am going to upgrade soon. But probably to something a bit cheaper.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

roger_m you should read this

Android phones from Chinese vendors share private data

Best to revisit that plan to bring home a cheap OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, or Realme handset from your holiday

www.theregister.com

The good thing is you root your phone (I'm not up to date on rooting or how far it's advanced), so I guess less of a worry?

 

[roger_m]

roger_m you should read this

Android phones from Chinese vendors share private data

Best to revisit that plan to bring home a cheap OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, or Realme handset from your holiday

www.theregister.com

The good thing is you root your phone (I'm not up to date on rooting or how far it's advanced), so I guess less of a worry?

Unfortunately rooting by itself makes no difference. But there may be some privacy tools which can block access to tracking addresses.

 

[HarborFront]

Unfortunately rooting by itself makes no difference. But there may be some privacy tools which can block access to tracking addresses.

There are steps to take to block/delete trackers with rooting. Rooting allows this opportunity as compared to non-rooted phones

1) Root the phone
2) Install apps with no trackers

Advice Request - Install Apps on Android Phone without trackers

Going for the new Samsung S23 Ultra soon. I'm getting sick of trackers by Google, MS and others. If you want to block trackers you can use apps like Adguard for android, BlackFog Privacy, Blokada, TrackerControl etc. However, they create a virtual VPN (similarly for firewall app etc) which...

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3) Use Warden or App Manager or TrackerControl to block/delete trackers for rooted phone from Droid-ify