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"Use VPN"
Mhm, but not for hotspot, unless you're rooted or use a custom ROM with such feature. Otherwise best you can do is one of those hotspot apps that uses legacy Wi-Fi direct group and runs a proxy server, but that's still not as good.
"Change font"
Depends on device. Can't do that on mine.
I want to uninstall those shitty bloatware apps, not disable
Shizuku and Canta is there for you.
Thats awesome, thank you!
Take Screenshots
Silly me, I thought this list would be relevant.
System-level ad-blocking is not on that list, so looks like I still need to root 🤷🏻♂️
Ever since Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, you’ve been able to disable (and sometimes even uninstall) many pre-installed apps without rooting.
That statement is just gaslighting. T-Mobile's first-party bloatware is un-removable and un-disableable without root. One of the unremovable bloatware app is just an app that installs / "recommends" more bloatware.
Using a DNS ad blocker has been as effective for me as root based AdAway
Private DNS really helps with that. Although it does rely on an external entity for your blocking
Yeah, on my un-rootable work phone I have a wireguard connection just for DNS to my pihole, but I'd prefer the phone just not make those connections in the first place. There's a noticeable battery life improvement with hosts file based blocking since it doesn't have to make a network connection at all.