It’s not just you. It’s fucking enraging at this point. I feel like I woke up one day and gleaned a fat look at Finder or various iCloud/background service junk and just realized it is to me what fucking bloatware ware of 2010 PC’s (and presumably today) was/is.

I just want general purpose computation equipment @ reasonably modern specifications - albeit largely devoid of rootUser-privileged advertisement stacks (included libraries etc).

I mean what the fuck, is that so fucking hard? This is hellworld, given the obviously plausible counter factual where we just… don’t… do this

> I just want general purpose computation equipment @ reasonably modern specifications

So ... LineageOS (without GApps) on Pixel or OnePlus hardware? (Purchased directly from the manufacturer, not a carrier!)

I think that is intentional. When they really want people to do something they make it opt-out. When they don’t they make it opt-in.