• IzzyData
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    8 months ago

    By the traditional definition they are kind of wrong. I don’t agree at all with Googles relentless data harvesting and ads, but the software isn’t going to make copies to hide itself on your phone and make it difficult to remove. You would be able to uninstall it like any other app without it leaving anything behind.

    So it is more like adware than a virus.

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        8 months ago

        What about on a Huawei phone? If it wasn’t there to begin with and had to be installed I’d expect it could also be uninstalled. I don’t have a Huawei phone to test it out.

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          Once Google Services are installed, it takes reflashing to remove them, because they install to system.