Verizon Pushed Content Complaint

[patches152]

pete, have you resent service books? do you have these apps installed already?

[grgiwoyna]

Originally Posted by electrofreak2k7

To be honest, who gives a crap if Verizon pushes apps out? It doesn't mater. Just delete them if you don't want them.

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

You've obviously come into the discussion late and didn't read the many threads that have been posted about this, because if you did you'd know that there are LOTS of people that "give a crap" over this and that it DOES, in fact, matter. Thus, welcome, Rip Van Winkle.

And you are aware that there is no way to permanently "delete" these pushed icons, right?

[gzuszgr8]

Dont these cause memory usage?

[patches152]

Originally Posted by gzuszgr8

Dont these cause memory usage?

they're basically a browser bookmark, they take up very little memory. but that has been discussed in this thread already...guess you didn't read that part lol

[philip.stinger]

From the Verizon Wireless Customer Agreement:

At times we may change your wireless device's software, applications or programming remotely and without notice.

Is it annoying, yeah; do I like it, no; would I like it if they stopped, heck yeah.

Per the agreement that we ALL as Verizon customers consented to.... deal with it.

[SFXBrandon]

Originally Posted by patches152

they're basically a browser bookmark, they take up very little memory. but that has been discussed in this thread already...guess you didn't read that part lol

But this thread is like... 10 pages!!! How are we supposed to read that many pages! Jeeze. Reading is for nubs and people who went to school.

[diduiff]

agree 100%.

[patches152]

Originally Posted by diduiff

agree 100%.

agree with what?

[Orimai]

i just hide it. lol its not a big deal.

I'm sure they do it for the large portion of the bb population out there that has no clue these cool applications exist. just to help them out.

[JRSCCivic98]

Originally Posted by crackberryn00b

So if I moved to Seattle, in the middle of March, and prayed for rain... and it did rain, were my prayers heard or would it have rained anyways? While my voice may have been loud, that doesn't mean it was heard.


Don't you think the iPhone and Apple deserve most of the credit when it comes to those things?(unlocking GPS, and giving us WIFI...not Seattle rain...)


I'd say that Steve Jobs and Co forced more change than any number of people on this forum could have dreamt for. We can scream and shout all we want, but until our dollars start moving into another direction, they pretty much shrug it off. Market competition forces them to change, not nagging.

It's kind of how your girlfriend wants you to do something and you loaf around and never get to it, and then you see that someone else has her eye and all of a sudden you want to shape up and do everything she says. Why is that? Fear. Loss. Competition... you no longer feel desireable so you do those things that have been asked of you for so long because you think it will make her want you again.

lol, I don't think I quite understand your logic here, but one thing's for sure... my gf and I do things to/for each other... and I don't have to worry about her eyes wondering.

[crackberryn00b]

Originally Posted by JRSCCivic98

but one thing's for sure... my gf and I do things to/for each other...

Pics or it never happened...

Originally Posted by JRSCCivic98

lol, I don't think I quite understand your logic here

Maybe it's a convoluted analogy but VZW, RIM and other companies pull their bull[b][/b][b][/b][b][/b][b][/b] for as long as they can, ignoring our outcry for unlocked GPS, WiFi etc. When we start leaving in droves for the iPhone, Palm Pre, etc, they start giving us the features that we had been nagging them about all along, not because we had been nagging, but because they are afraid of losing their customers.

EDIT: I'm sure you understood that part so sorry for going on and on...

[patches152]

Originally Posted by crackberryn00b

Last edited by crackberryn00b : Today at 08:37 AM. Reason: Cut down some long-windedness

we appreciate you not being long winded....


that reminds me of a story!

so once upon a time there was this guy, right? i think his name was steve.....yeah steve hunt....or was it mike?


anyway, this guy, we'll call him steve, walks into a bar...sitting at the end of the bar is the most beautiful woman he's ever seen in his life...so steve goes over to the bar, sits somewhere around the middle of the counter...and he calls over to the bartender. "what can i get you?" the bartender asks steve. "i'd like a beer, and whatever the woman at the end would like. it's on me." the bartender delivers the drink to the beautiful woman, and she asks who it's from, the bartender points to steve sitting down a ways, he looks over and smiles....the woman smiles, then looks down at her drink playing bashful...steve gets up to walk down to talk to the woman, and at that moment, a chicken and a gorilla walk into the bar


the gorilla says ouch.

[johnyjaknove]

I think the main thing that Civic is trying to say is don't force things onto people. If the general public cannot find these apps then that is there problem. But i don't think its about helping the public, it about making money that what big corporations do. If the Verizon was into helping people then why don't they help people with voicemail passwords (making it easier to enter your password automatically, and why do they charge to transfer your contacts unless you buy a new phone. Yah they are all about money.......not helping people!

To all the people who think hiding the icons is great, thats nice for you............Now have your mom come wipe your a**, then grow up, move out of her basement and go play in traffic. If we wanted to hide the icons this thread wouldn't have been started. I hope stupid people get punched in the face........i.e. people talking about deleting these VLPs, because they can't be deleted.

[Dave12308]

Originally Posted by engsoccerfan

Illegal search and seizure, they should not be allowed to put stuff on my phone without my knowing, even if its an icon. Its like coming into my house. Furthermore, if you give vzw little freedoms like this, sooner or later they'll take more for granted.

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

Guess what? As one of the posts above shows, it is in your Terms of Service that things such as icons being pushed MIGHT happen. And you agree to their TOS when you sign the contract. So, annoying as it might be, they are perfectly within their legal rights to do so. Hide the icon, and don't worry about the 1KB of memory it might take up. OR, pay the ETF and get out of your contract. Legally, this is your only option.