r/MurderedByWords • u/NefariousnessIll8787 • Mar 16 '23

Murder Seems dead to me.

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u/OrneryHandle Mar 16 '23

Internet access ain't free. In a lot of places, Facebook actually is, through a service called "Free Basics".

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u/KoenBril Mar 16 '23

That's a terrifying truth. For some communities, facebook is synonymous to "the internet".

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u/skoltroll Mar 16 '23

Microsoft did it in the 80's with donating computers to schools. A lot of Apple IIe's got upgraded to Windows on a 386 or 486.

Got get 'em hooked to your platform so you get a monopoly.

In this case, both people are right, but the latter gets the nod on importance.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '23

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u/Angelwings19 Mar 16 '23 edited Mar 16 '23

Yes. If the Facebook app isn't uninstallable, it means you bought an Android phone where the manufacturer has made a deal with Facebook to force their app to be on the phone.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '23

Why can't I uninstall Google play services

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u/luna10777 Mar 16 '23

Yes. If the Facebook Google app isn't uninstallable, it means you bought an Android phone where the manufacturer has made a deal with Facebook Google to force their app to be on the phone.

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u/KaizDaddy5 Mar 16 '23 edited Mar 16 '23

Android is the operating system and it is owned by Google. They don't have to make a deal with the manufacturer, the OS can control this.

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u/Zambito1 Mar 16 '23

Android is a Free Software operating system with many distributions. Google owns the "main" one, and installs their software on it. Other distributions choose to also install Google software (or in some cases, they choose not to).