EU wants to make smartphone bloatware removable

Although things have definitely improved a bit, bloatware, a.k.a. preloaded apps from OEMs and carriers, are still one of the unnecessary evils of smartphone life. It’s understandable that companies want to offer apps and services they presume consumers are dying to use (they aren’t) but there’s little to no excuse why they can’t be uninstalled. A new law baking in …