Lenovo? The strategy is no stranger to computer companies. Pre-installed apps or bloatware (even these are called Office and Skype), they work and you will not get rid of them so easily.
After his madness Superfish found on Lenovo devices, this time the company has decided to install branded bloatware and is working with Microsoft.
Lenovo regrets Superfish
Lenovo won 250.000 dollars with the installation of Superfish
As part of an agreement signed with Redmond, Lenovo will release some of its future Android devices with pre-installed Microsoft Office, Skype, and Onedrive.
Companies did not reveal which devices will have applications.
"At Microsoft we are excited that our productivity apps will be pre-installed on Lenovo devices," said Nick Parker, corporate vice president of Microsoft's OEM Division.
"THE marriage of Microsoft apps and Lenovo Android devices will enable customers around the world to be more productive, more connected to achieve even more.”
Since February of this year, Microsoft has signed contracts with 74 Android manufacturers under similar terms in companies such as: Samsung, ASUS, Acer and Dell.
Recall that after the Superfish scandal (pre-installed adware στα Windows που επέτρεπε attacks man-in-the-middle) Lenovo has announced that it will try to clean up its image.
Perhaps this collaboration with Microsoft is aimed at this, save of course the profits from promoting its software Redmond.
Whatever the bloatware will be waiting for us in the corner with a different brand name. The joke is that there is a world that buys Android because it does not want to use Microsoft products.