Verizon Wireless' latest over-the-air (OTA) update for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge has delivered yet more bloatware, this time in the form of a sort-of bloatware von Neumann machine.

The phone’s one weakness is the sheer amount of bloatware installed on certain devices — there are 13 Verizon applications on the phone by default, along with multiple email, photo, and media playback applications, two different app stores, and two voice control systems.

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In addition, there is a new app called DT (Digital Turbine) Ignite. It is described as a tool that lets Verizon install new apps on a mobile device even when it is in the customer's hands already. Ignite has been in use on other phones for a couple of years. It is what Verizon has been using to preinstall removable apps such as Candy Crush for a couple years. It just installs Ignite, and then tells Ignite what to download afterward.

A Verizon Wireless representative confirmed that DT Ignite was included in the latest update, but S7 owners will not see random applications installed on their device -- at least not right away. Instead, DT Ignite will only install apps during initial device setup, or after a factory reset.

“The Digital Turbine (DT Ignite) software is only active during the initial set-up of a brand new device or if a device goes through a factory reset. Following the initial set up, the software will not push or install new apps at any time in the background. Any app installed through DT Ignite is completely removable and can be uninstalled,” the company says in a statement.

DT is positioning the fact that users can delete these applications as a positive, neatly bypassing the question of whether or not carriers should ever be pushing unwanted, unasked-for applications. The company also notes that its applications allow carriers to tailor installation and notification procedures with robust uptake analytics.

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