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gblues6187y<insert snarky iPhone joke here>
But in all seriousness, I feel you. I had a dinky Android (back in Froyo days), which came with FB. Couldn’t delete it. No biggie.
Until all the preinstalled apps updated and eventually chewed through the phone’s very meager storage space.
To work around this, I had to make a custom image that removed those preinstalled apps. I also had to do some pretty hacky things with the SD card to keep the phone usable (because apps would refuse to install to the giant SD card instead of the cramped internal partition).
I think modern Android is less stupid about where apps get installed, but you’ll still need to root it to get the preinstalled crap off it. -
neo-7314497y@linuxxx i don't use fb/messenger I don't have them installed on my phone, devrant rocksπ€π€
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rjedlin4517yThen delete it? Let me introduce you to mbasic.facebook.com which should wean you off the site.
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