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[–] Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This isn't a part of Google. Likely carriers will try to put it on phones you get through them especially mid-range devices. Also it can be disabled (and even uninstalled through shizuku or ADB or something)

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 7 points 6 months ago

Default setting = what 90% of users would keep

If a phone comes with this pre installed, nobody would ever uninstall it. Or even realize that the annoying ads are coming from this app. They would just think "ads everywhere, android is shit, next phone is going to be an iPhone".