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deleting the software your laptop shipped with so it can finally do what you bought it for.
means the process of removing preinstalled, unnecessary, or resource-hogging programs and processes to make a device faster and leaner.
from emerged alongside bloatware in the 2000s, when pc makers started stuffing new laptops with trial software and toolbars nobody asked for, in exchange for payments from the software companies.
oem kickbacksmanufacturers get paid per preinstalled trial app
windows termmicrosoft calls it a clean install instead
android versionoften requires root access to fully debloat
reverse marketsome buyers pay more for bloatware-free laptops
for instance
chris titus tech — popular windows debloat script used by millions
samsung galaxy phones — famous for dozens of duplicate preinstalled apps
lenovo superfish — 2015 scandal where bloatware itself was a security hole
macbook debloat — smaller niche since apple ships fewer extras