Privacy activists beg Google to ban un-removable bloatware from Android

Open letter to Chocolate Factory's Sundar Pichai penned by 50 campaign groups

For much of Android's existence, Google has adopted a relatively hands-off approach that lets manufacturers ship units with pre-installed bloatware which, in many cases, cannot be easily removed. This has infuriated users and privacy advocates alike, leading 50 of the latter to pen a blistering open letter to Google and Alphabet chief Sundar Pichai urging him to take action."