my country doesn't really do this
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2025
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I don't see it necessarely as a bad thing. I would rather have my gov id app (for taxes, id and driving licence, public services info) on my phone when i buy it, rather than candy crush and other fucking bloatware. I think it would also help a lot of non-tech savy users set up their phones quickly.
Second of all, gov ID apps having their own store on the side is good. Them being only available on google's store makes it so that if you want to access public services from your state you have to go through google (?), it is clearly not acceptable by a government standpoint, It is even worse than a monopoly.
So you want apple to help pre installing something so you didn't depend on Apple when users actually want to use the app. Can you tell me how this makes sense?
Its not about nicely asking apple for "help" pre installing some apps, it is forcing them to open up the os to different software sources.
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I really don’t mind the concept of preinstalled applications as long as they can be easily removed.
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