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While Android as a whole continues to shrink in the US, Google Pixel keeps growing (9to5google.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Android is struggling to keep its market share in the United States, as Apple continues to take over in the market. But, despite Android as a whole losing ground, Google Pixel phones are becoming a bigger slice of the US market.

Counterpoint Research reports that, in Q2 2023, US smartphone shipments dropped by 24% year-over-year. That includes both iPhones and Android phones, and virtually every brand saw a drop in shipments. Samsung saw US shipments drop by 37% while Motorola saw a 17% drop. TCL saw the biggest decline at just shy of 70% year-over-year, and even Apple saw a 6% drop.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you explain what you mean by bloatware? Do you mean all the apps the phones come installed with, or do you mean something else? Would it be simple to uninstall what you don't want? Curious bc I have a Samsung phone.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Well here are a few examples.

I don’t like having Facebook and stuff on the phone. If I want the app, ill download it.

Secondly, I do not want multiple calendar apps and browsers on the phone by default.

I don’t need chrome and the Samsung browser.

I also do not think I need to setup a samsung account and a google account and have backups in both places.

I guess it’s just a little overwhelming.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think this is a big part of why Android is losing popularity but the Pixel is gaining it.

Every manufacturer's excessive need to fill their phones with as many sponsored apps is getting to a point where people simply don't buy them anymore.

At least the Pixel sticks to their own Google ecosystem, much like the iPhone and is at least a bit less locked down than others.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

But it still installs so many apps I don't want. I mean iOS allows you to remove almost any app that is preinstalled. Why doesn't google? I don't want drive, YTMusic. Their phones have alot of bloat installed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If Pixel was available in my country in an official capacity that would be the one I would choose. But if I were in the market for an Android, I would go this route for sure. The bloat is more annoying than anything else.

Plus with a Pixel, its just google snooping. With anyone else, it is google and the oem snooping. It would be nice is google pushed using your phone as a desktop more. It could be their way into the desktop space.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got a Samsung just because I like the phones the best, but otherwise I don't use any of the pre-installed apps that came with it and disabled/installed all of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I honestly think samsung has the best looking phones by far.

If iMessage game to android, I’d switch to a galaxy in a heartbeat, even with the preinstalled stuff. I figure a lot of that can be removed or at least hidden to an extent.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You do know that is up to the OEM right? Just like buying a PC. Of course if you buy a laptop from Wal-Mart from some weird company it's going to come with a bunch of nonsense on it.

We're talking about pixel, googles phone. It's going to come with the standard Google products installed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Difference is that on a PC m you’re free to remove all of that bloat. On android you can’t, not without fucking around with external tools like ADB.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense. I've been less aware of that and on recently, after having the phone for a while, have I been deleting many of the pre-installed apps.