hardware requirements and/or compromised performance as a result. The term "bloatware" is also used to describe unwanted pre-installed software or bundled programs...

vendor). Unwanted factory-installed software (also known as crapware or bloatware) can include major security vulnerabilities, like Superfish, which installs...

are always used by the user Takes a significant amount of disk space (bloatware), as compared to buying only the needed packages Requires effort to use...

programs which are often bloatware or malware, and as a result, most anti-virus software detects the installer as a virus. Bloatware-free versions are generally...

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software titles from its catalog. This installer included trojans and bloatware, such as toolbars. CNET admitted in their download FAQ that "a small number...

Retrieved April 30, 2016. "New SourceForge owners kill contentious DevShare bloatware program". PCWorld. February 12, 2016. "SourceForge Acquisition and Future...

distributed pre-installed on top-selling Android devices and may be considered bloatware by some people because users did not actively choose to download them...

February 10, 2022. Bode, Karl (May 4, 2018). "Verizon Brings Its Oath, Yahoo Bloatware to Samsung Phones". DSLReports. Archived from the original on May 25,...

Galaxy S5 Bloatware Removal Guide". Laptop Magazine. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014. "Bloatware Creeps Into...

needed] CyanogenMod's developers said that it did not contain spyware or bloatware. Like CyanogenMod, the LineageOS project is developed by many device-specific...

In the following years, though, Samsung had incrementally removed the bloatware and extra features, until TouchWiz was no longer recognized as TouchWiz...

μTorrent. All versions are written in C++. Out of general discontent with bloatware, Serge Paquet suggested to Ludvig Strigeus that he should make a smaller...

small quantities as they were intended as developer phones, the lack of bloatware/modifications to Android while providing similar performance to more expensive...

no-frills, easy-to-configure ROM that won't bog down your phone with bloatware." In 2018, Williams Pelegrin of Android Authority said OmniROM is one...

2015. Mathews, Lee (22 August 2011). "Download.com wraps downloads in bloatware, lies about motivations". ExtremeTech. Retrieved 6 October 2015. Eicher...

camera, build quality and low price as praised, its processing power and bloatware were said to be its weak points. Android Headlines gave it 4 out 5; while...

ability to fully back up, restore, or batch-edit applications, or to remove bloatware that comes pre-installed on some phones. Custom automated system-level...

maintains a sizable lead over competitors, despite concerns over adware and bloatware. Runner-up Transmission was praised for being lightweight, while qBittorrent...

onto Windows PCs to make up for the licensing costs of Windows. Such bloatware is often criticized in the tech media, even from reporters who are usually...

uninstall the company's anti-virus software, which he characterized as bloatware. He disavowed the company's continued use of his name in branding, a practice...

June 2016, a Duo Labs report stated that Lenovo was still installing bloatware, some of which leads to security vulnerabilities as soon as the user turns...

advice including selling Linux computers and reducing the promotional "bloatware" on PCs. These initiatives did manage to cut the negative blog posts from...

During 2013, some computer security companies categorized NCH software as bloatware because it bundled the Google Toolbar. In July 2015, NCH Software announced...

telephone keypad. Sony has been criticized for loading its VAIO laptops with bloatware, or ineffective and unrequested software that supposedly allows the user...

life and camera, sub-flagship level performance, Verizon exclusivity and bloatware, and an unrefined hinge and display, while praise went to the compact...

2015. Matthews, Lee (August 22, 2011). "Download.com wraps downloads in bloatware, lies about motivations". ExtremeTech. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original...

final in its series with the former. However, the S5 was criticized for bloatware, its unresponsive fingerprint scanner, and its ostensibly non-"premium"...

tuned up to the company preference. Nothing claims that Nothing OS is bloatware free, the only manufacturer modified apps are the Nothing Camera and Nothing...

other interface enhancements. CyanogenMod did not contain spyware or bloatware, according to its developers. CyanogenMod was also said to increase performance...