Uninstalling is indeed technically impossible if an OEM bundled the app into any of the (read-only, compressed, integrity protected) system/OEM/vendor partitions. Disabling is functionally equivalent with the only exception of the storage space not being freed.
So the real option is only for OEMs not to pre-install these apps in the first place, but potentially only during first setup wizard.
René Mayrhofer :verified: 🇺🇦
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2025-09-19 18:16:07 UTC
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