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Gmail came embedded on my phone that I paid for so I did in fact pay for gmail as part of the phone.
When I can uninstall without root talk to me again about it being free but until then it's bloatware that was part of what I paid for.
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Whether I use it or not is irrelevant because it was onboard. If it was a paid vs free app on Play, like in the days of froyo, that I could decide whether to purchase our with it being free utilize for free but it's not. I paid for it with the phone,I should not have to pay again, or see ads, to use it. Change it from Google bloatware to any carrier bloatware that charges to use and it'd be the same thing. It came with the phone, whether I use it or not.Do you use it?
I don't see it as being paid for simply because it was pre-installed on the phone, but I can see where some might take it that way.
I could understand if it was the only app that you could ever use on a device for mail, but it isn't.
Whether I use it or not is irrelevant because it was onboard. If it was a paid vs free app on Play, like in the days of froyo, that I could decide whether to purchase our with it being free utilize for free but it's not. I paid for it with the phone,I should not have to pay again, or see ads, to use it. Change it from Google bloatware to any carrier bloatware that charges to use and it'd be the same thing. It came with the phone, whether I use it or not.
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I'd just go with the latter along with the other bloatware and disable it like others .That's what I am trying to convey. If we aren't paying for it then we have to roll with the punches or stop using it.