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You don't need Apple for that. Actually it's incredibly easy. Just don't install the software you don't want to run.


How do I keep software I don't want to run from shipping on the phone?

How do I keep an ad company from building a profile of me from my phone?


> How do I keep software I don't want to run from shipping on the phone?

Buy a phone that doesn't ship that software. Or jailbreak your phone and use a custom android version.

> How do I keep an ad company from building a profile of me from my phone?

Run uMatrix with firefox. Actually iOS is way worse in this regard then Android. Since iOS doesn't give you ANY way to prevent this.




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