The hidden app was inactive by default.

  • lemmy_in@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Incorrect. The app was baked into the Pixel firmware from Google, not a manufacturer specific OEM.

    • propter_hog [any, any]
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      3 months ago

      I didn't read that in the article, but I could have missed it. Did it say it was all pixels, or just the ones slated for Verizon?

    • gila@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      If it was simply not included in the stock rom rather than being made inactive except for in the OEM rom, you'd still have a device with a bunch of active bloatware