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minus-squaretidderuuflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down3·2 months agoI’ve got a Pixel 9 I keep for development and uninstalled that system app a few months ago. It’s still gone. Maybe updates are reinstalling it but saying that it cannot be uninstalled or removed is a lie.
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·2 months agoIt says in the article title that it keeps reinstalling itself, not that it can’t be removed.
minus-squareGrostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI removed it using Canta early on when I got my Pixel 9 and it hasn’t ever reinstalled itself in the year or so since I removed it.
I’ve got a Pixel 9 I keep for development and uninstalled that system app a few months ago. It’s still gone. Maybe updates are reinstalling it but saying that it cannot be uninstalled or removed is a lie.
It says in the article title that it keeps reinstalling itself, not that it can’t be removed.
I removed it using Canta early on when I got my Pixel 9 and it hasn’t ever reinstalled itself in the year or so since I removed it.