OnePlus faces flak from users over Facebook bloatware in Nord, OP 8: Report

The three popular OnePlus devices (OnePlus 8, 8 Pro and Nord) have left several users annoyed as these devices come pre-installed with Facebook family of apps and services that cannot be uninstalled.

The bloatware includes not only regular Facebook, Messenger and Instagram apps but also Facebook App Installer, Facebook App Manager and Facebook Services that run in the background, according to multiple media reports.

This issue was raised by Max Weinbach from XDA Developers, when he tweeted some screenshots of the Instagram app updating via the Facebook App Manager service and not the Google Play Store.

“Basically if you’re on an old version of Instagram and the device has Facebook services and Facebook App Installer preinstalled, it automatically updated it using Facebook stuff instead of the Play Store,” Weinbach tweeted.