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I'm trying to think of what useful utilities I've had that I had to download from the app store, which didn't come pre-installed. I don't think Material Files, JuiceSSH, Notally, Shazam, etc could be more popular than something mainstream like Instagram.

I wonder if there is a list somewhere. For example, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-downloaded_Google_Play_applications lists a lot of apps that come pre-installed, like Google Maps.

Here is my guess for top 5 downloaded Android apps:

1. Instagram
2. Snapchat
3. Tiktok
4. ?
5. ?

I would be surprised if Facebook and X were up there but not that surprised.

They're so busy asking if they could they didn't ask if they should.

Same with the guys who made the AR glasses that use face recognition to automatically dox people.

Elsewhere in the thread they explain because decryption takes time, they don't cycle it every time you lock your phone by default. Not sure if there's more to it.

The worst part is if I'm using a work computer or something, I can't just type into notepad anymore without considering that a record is being made.

Is there a Windows+R "oldnotepad.exe" that just works pre-installed?

Lol this resonates with me as a disorganized person

That Reddit thread is a very strange experience for someone not of their culture

So rich

I don't get it either

Does the technology exist to do this today?

A symptom of underfunded systems

I'll just add my 2¢

Tailscale is incredibly powerful and they do a lot of work to make their systems intelligible, but the learning curve is still pretty steep. But still a great option.