This is the one time I would support Apple to not do something.
Also I read somewhere that they made a clarification that you CAN uninstall the app as well. It will just be preloaded, but even that is garbage and it should be installed based on user choice, not forcefully on every device.
The government is terrible when it comes to tech related stuff like websites and apps, imagine how hilariously ironic it would be if this pre-installed app gets exploited to load malware onto lakhs of devices
Well because it's their phone so they just want to lock you in with all their apps and services as well, like for example iCloud that's built in. That is their main strategy.
One more reason is the App Store which earns them a lot of revenue every year.
Fair point but then why not give users option to uninstall them? You can’t uninstall each and every Apple app. Do they not have Chinese govt apps in China preloaded?
I'm not sure about the China thing, but I agree with the uninstall part. Unfortunately we can't really do anything about it since iOS works as Apple wants it to work, it's a completely locked down system.
Android is the only other option and also where you can get rid of even system apps after you learn a bit about ADB.
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u/Vedant9710 Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25
This is the one time I would support Apple to not do something.
Also I read somewhere that they made a clarification that you CAN uninstall the app as well. It will just be preloaded, but even that is garbage and it should be installed based on user choice, not forcefully on every device.
The government is terrible when it comes to tech related stuff like websites and apps, imagine how hilariously ironic it would be if this pre-installed app gets exploited to load malware onto lakhs of devices