Why “preinstalled” is being discussed
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There's a high chance of devices being sold with GrapheneOS preinstalled in 2027
by Cider9986 · Sep 20, 2026 · 2 points
> do you know anyone who'd voted for having to scan their face to access verboten webseites? to have encryption backdoors in their messengers? to have state-mandated spyware pre…
by ShinyLeftPad · Sep 20, 2026
scare quoting """""""""democracies""""""""" is perfectly acceptable when it couldn't be more obvious that those so-called democracies do anything but represent the will of their…
by vlyan · Sep 20, 2026
People can buy Pixels with GrapheneOS preinstalled from a bunch of companies despite it not being shipped that way from the factory. Pixels are currently the only devices provid…
by grapheneos · Sep 19, 2026
Yes! Also be in control of my phone, not having to "deactivate" bloat and garbage brought to me with every update and preinstalled trash I can only "deactivate" not uninstall. I…
by lukan · Sep 19, 2026
Windows Phone was pretty nice, too bad Microsoft didn't follow their DOS and Windows strategy of getting it preinstalled on every consumer PC sold. There was really only the Nok…
by SoftTalker · Sep 18, 2026
Interest
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Pre-installed software is software already installed and licensed on a computer or smartphone bought from an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). The operating system is usually factory-installed, but because it is a general requirement, this term is used for additional software apart from the bare necessary amount, usually from other sources. Read more on Wikipedia