[microtonal]

On some phones this is done by something like AppCloud, which you can usually uninstall from the user partition using ADB/Universal Android Debloater.

[kotaKat]

Motorola put the malware apps into the “nondisable” list. You can’t remove them even with ADB PM commands. I was fucking mad that my RAZR couldn't be fully debloated.

See also: various firmware builds for Moto phones like https://dumps.tadiphone.dev/dumps/motorola/aito/-/tree/user-...

[GuestFAUniverse]

Or: buy another brand and not jump hoops.

[catlikesshrimp]

A chinese one? My xiaomi required debloating, which left me without the "apps" menu in settings. I am not happy about having to do that. Side note: I have to use either intents or adb to administrate the apps.

All the "best phones" for most of us are bloated tracking devices.

[microtonal]

Definitely, it's more that is worth trying for people who have a phone already. E.g. on Samsung, you can remove most of the bloatware.