Android OS
It's time to talk about carrier bloatware on smartphones. Actually, it's long past timed. You know what I'm talking about: It's all those apps that come pre-loaded on your new phone when you buy it, most of which are trial versions or apps for subscription services offered through the carrier. I had read a little about this problem prior to getting my Motorola Droid Razr Maxx recently, and now I've had the displeasure of a firsthand experience. I understand the phone manufacturers' and carriers' desire to include these apps on new phones. It's a simple way of advertising additional services they offer (in the case of their own apps) or of collecting a fee from another app publisher for that placement. It's the same thing that's been done on Microsoft and Apple desktop OSs for years. The problem here is that many of these smartphone apps are now being preinstalled in such a way that you, the end user and owner of the smartphone, can't uninstall the app if you don't want it.