That would be a good feeling. I haven't had the ability to delete FB off a single phone I've owned since my Samsung Galaxy S3. The only option was to disable it and it still updated with the updates disabled, last time I checked.
Mind you, Android or Apple are just as guilty of data theft, but at least it's one hand out of the cookie jar.
Lol when cannabis was illegal I taught these hippies how to root your android with a custom ROM, remove all Google maps and play store apps. They went around the city telling everyone the cops had all their maps and location data.
I may have let them go off on a tangent assuming there is no warrant to access the data from Google, but eh it was for their own benefit learning about privacy.
If you can delete the playstore entirely, thats where the "is this app updated" checks come from.
Totally fair. I haven't seen any firmware for Android that doesn't make a smart phone into a baked potato that makes phone calls yet. They're making flip phones again, so that's almost a viable option again lol
Lol I should make vlog about finding the cheapest smart phone in Canada. Just demand all warehouse inventory of pre 3G and pre mobile data cell.
"I don't trust these kids and this internet mumbo jumbo" - a troll in a cell store near you