OnePlus is poisoning its phones with Facebook bloatware

Nord and OnePlus 8 series phones are saddled with Facebook services that can't be uninstalled

Bloatware on Android phones has been around for so long — especially on Samsung and Huawei phones — that it's hardly even news anymore. Even so, it was a huge surprise when we found out that OnePlus has involved itself in this dubious practice. The OxygenOS bloatware in question comes from probably the shadiest company of them all — Facebook. Starting with the OnePlus 8 series and continuing with the Nord, users have had to put up with a bunch of Facebook-owned apps and a few background services on their brand-new handsets, some of which cannot be uninstalled.

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OnePlus is poisoning its phones with Facebook bloatware was written by the awesome team at Android Police.