<story><title>How to Stop Advertising Notifications from the Google Photo App</title><url>https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/photos/qwJMmOiAvZY;context-place=forum/photos</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>JetSpiegel</author><text>So both Apple and Google control the market, and each uses the &amp;quot;not a monopoly&amp;quot; excuse because of the other company.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s no practical difference.</text></item><item><author>LeoPanthera</author><text>Microsoft had a monopoly. Google does not.</text></item><item><author>daxfohl</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s surreal to me that Microsoft faced years of legal repercussions worldwide for including a browser in their OS.</text></item><item><author>dingo_bat</author><text>&amp;gt; The reason why I bought a Pixel from Google directly is because I do not like the adware and bloatware that comes pre-installed on phones from other carriers.&lt;p&gt;Bloatware mandated by google on all android phones:&lt;p&gt;1. Google+&lt;p&gt;2. Google Duo&lt;p&gt;3. Google hangout&lt;p&gt;4. Gmail&lt;p&gt;5. Google play music&lt;p&gt;6. Google play games&lt;p&gt;7. Google play movies&lt;p&gt;8. Google play newsstand&lt;p&gt;9. Google drive&lt;p&gt;10. Google sheets&lt;p&gt;11. Google chrome&lt;p&gt;12. Google maps&lt;p&gt;13. Google assistant&lt;p&gt;14. Google app&lt;p&gt;15. Google photos&lt;p&gt;16. Youtube&lt;p&gt;Seems like the author made a decision diametrically opposite to his desire. I literally use 4 of these 16 pre-installed apps. Keep in mind that these are non-removable too. You can disable them, but they will forever sit in the flash storage you paid for.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>millstone</author><text>The key difference is the OEM license agreements. Google includes dubious requirements in their licensing terms, such as the anti-fragmentation clause. But Apple does not license their software to OEMs, and so cannot run afoul of antitrust IP licensing issues.</text></comment>
<story><title>How to Stop Advertising Notifications from the Google Photo App</title><url>https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/photos/qwJMmOiAvZY;context-place=forum/photos</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>JetSpiegel</author><text>So both Apple and Google control the market, and each uses the &amp;quot;not a monopoly&amp;quot; excuse because of the other company.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s no practical difference.</text></item><item><author>LeoPanthera</author><text>Microsoft had a monopoly. Google does not.</text></item><item><author>daxfohl</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s surreal to me that Microsoft faced years of legal repercussions worldwide for including a browser in their OS.</text></item><item><author>dingo_bat</author><text>&amp;gt; The reason why I bought a Pixel from Google directly is because I do not like the adware and bloatware that comes pre-installed on phones from other carriers.&lt;p&gt;Bloatware mandated by google on all android phones:&lt;p&gt;1. Google+&lt;p&gt;2. Google Duo&lt;p&gt;3. Google hangout&lt;p&gt;4. Gmail&lt;p&gt;5. Google play music&lt;p&gt;6. Google play games&lt;p&gt;7. Google play movies&lt;p&gt;8. Google play newsstand&lt;p&gt;9. Google drive&lt;p&gt;10. Google sheets&lt;p&gt;11. Google chrome&lt;p&gt;12. Google maps&lt;p&gt;13. Google assistant&lt;p&gt;14. Google app&lt;p&gt;15. Google photos&lt;p&gt;16. Youtube&lt;p&gt;Seems like the author made a decision diametrically opposite to his desire. I literally use 4 of these 16 pre-installed apps. Keep in mind that these are non-removable too. You can disable them, but they will forever sit in the flash storage you paid for.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tehwebguy</author><text>Many (or most?) bundled iOS apps can be removed &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-au&amp;#x2F;HT204221&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-au&amp;#x2F;HT204221&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>