Service providers after delivery still bloatware to Android push

An American company has started a service that allows providers bloatware afterwards on a smartphone, can install, without the consent of a customer is necessary. The company would deliver products to, among others, Vodafone and T-Mobile.

The company is called Digital Turbine, and recently introduced a service called Ignite that allows providers applications to Androidtoestellen of customers can push to get more ad-revenue. This can be before the phones are issued, but also after the delivery.

The American business magazine Forbes reported Monday that several large providers are clients of Digital Turbine. It comes to Verizon, T-Mobile and Vodafone. However, it is not certain whether they also want to make use of Ignite, because Digital Turbine more services.

For now it works Ignite only on phones that providers deliver with a custom version of Android. Nexustoestellen of Google and smartphones stock Android run, are not vulnerable to the already controversial software.

It is bloatware on Android easier to remove. In October, wrote to Ars Technica on the basis of a conversation with top executives from Google that providers and their programmes through the Play Store can deliver. This means that the apps also via the application store can be deleted.

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