Something funny is up; this doesn't seem deliberate.
There are ways. All the apps that install this crap can be disabled through Android's app manager, no fancy method required. (Of course updates can bring them back... But "luckily" Motorola isn't too keen on providing those for their products).
Some examples of the apps to look for:
- App Box
- Games
- MotoApps
- Moto App Manager
- Live lock screen
The active adware apps depends on your region and career. In some region Motorola doesn't push adware at all.
Personally by just disabling those (and similar sounding crap) I've never had adware sneakily installed.
For Moto G or lower tiers Edge I can begrudgingly accept that it's part of the deal... But I would be livid if they did this to my $1500 phone, which is why I refuse to risk getting a razr. Whether you want to fight your phone maker and keep using their product is up to you.
Let's hope that the grapheneos partnership plays off in our favor next year!
Gonna flash a rom on the Xiaomi anyway, but all oems are doing this type of stuff.
Yeah, not now.
I understand not wanting to give Motorola any money because of this, though.
Replacing the OS is one of the first things I do with every laptop, PC and mobile device to get rid of (most) crap that was installed without my consent.
Very little ability to do that with most devices these days, unfortunately.
I hope motorola collaborates with Pine and brings linux to phones. In the age of LLM apps are obviously not a problem. (Hopefully windows Phone 7, not 8 also comes back)
(I think the misunderstanding is that Motorola would make the GrapheneOS builds.)