Meta/Facebook preinstalls an app called Meta Services (previously Facebook services) on a very large percentage of android devices (I’ve never used one without it) and while they claim it helps updates and synchronisation between different meta apps, it is very suspicious. Why preinstall it on devices of people who will potentialy never use a single meta app?

Go to your app list/app management and show system apps and find anything with the words “meta” or “Facebook” then turn off network access for those apps (if you can) and disable them. (eg. Meta app manager, Meta app installer).

https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/meta-services-an-android-app-or-not/

https://fixyourandroid.com/about/facebook-app-manager/

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS20FE/comments/ttmx4t/meta_services/

Edit: Looking around I have found several people complaining that this app is using their ram for 10 hours a day even though they don’t use anything Meta. That’s even more suspicious.

    • @Zangoose@lemmy.one
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      21 year ago

      It doesn’t seem to be on my OnePlus 9 Pro so I don’t think it’s on every OnePlus device, this is anecdotal though and I don’t exactly trust OnePlus much anymore

    • people_are_cute
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      11 year ago

      I’m on a Nord CE 3 Lite which is the cheapest OnePlus and even I don’t have it.