On: Huawei replaces Android with HarmonyOS, which is also Android

[pjmlp]

I don't consider OEM bundles malware, a practice that goes all the way back the early days of home computing.

https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/games/james-bond-007-action-...

http://www.bambi-amiga.co.uk/amigahistory/bundles.html

[trasz → pjmlp]

So malware magically ceases to be malware as soon as it’s preinstalled by the vendor?

[pjmlp → trasz]

It wasn't malware to start it.

> computer software that is designed to damage the way a computer works

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/malware

[swiley → pjmlp]

"damage the way the computer works" IMO that includes abusing or denying resources or services on the machine which is very common with preloaded stuff.

Also your definition doesn't capture spyware.

[swiley → pjmlp]

Congrats on reverting home computing back to the amiga days then.

I have walked into target, bought androids, pulled them out of the box and connected them to the network over which they would immediately proceed to download gigabytes of malware from the play store.

[pjmlp → swiley]

That is not malware.

> computer software that is designed to damage the way a computer works

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/malware

As home computing being reverted back to the Amiga days, I really look forward to it.

PC, macOS, iOS, Android are devices with a soul, where hardware and software is designed in alongside each other.

Whereas GNU/Linux folks keep trying to put a PDP-11 sh into a mobile phone.

[swiley → pjmlp]

Meh, at this point I'll take a pdp-11 sh on my phone (I use ash actually.) At least it does what I tell it to do unlike most of Android.