Verizon PLEASE stop pushing bloatware on us!

Verizon did it again. Today they pushed an update to Bionic. However, along with it came more bloatware. Now it is welded to my phone and I can uninstall it without rooting. I guess we will all just have to root to clean this off our phones. It is getting ridiculous. The new apps they installed:
SlingBox: $9.99/month video service
Mog: Another $9.99/mo music service.
This in addition to all the other bloatware already there:
CityID, Backup assistant (the worst of all), Vcast stuff, video surf, NFL mobile, etc...
If I wanted these I would have downloaded them. Forcing them on me makes me irate! I will NEVER use these EVER now. I will never do business with the companies that make these bloatware apps. Are you getting the message Verizon? Please stop the bloatware. If you want to preinstall apps, fine. Just don't lock them so we cant uninstall. That is all I ask. You don't have to put them in the system/app directory and lock them down. Just leave them in the regular app directory where we can uninstall them if we choose. Forcing them on us drives serous customer dissatisfaction and is entirely ineffective. Those who want to uninstall them will never use them anyway. Now they are hogging resources and space for no reason. Every time I open my apps I have to sort through all this junk. Just look at the rating of apps you forced as bloatware.

I don't see why apps that are not uninstallable would be worth any more to the service provider. There is no valid case for this. Do they really think that we will just cave and start using it just because we can't uninstall? Seriously? I don't think so. Those that will use them will use them regardless if they can be uninstalled or not. Those that won't use them won't ever use them. Again, I have no problem with preinstalled apps as long as I can uninstall them if I don't plan to use them. The approach you took for the bloatware only hides them of course. They still launch background tasks, chew up resources, and receive broadcast intents to perform actions. For instance, if you want to find an address on the map it will try to launch VZnavigator. You have to set all your app preferences to instead go to Google.
As for rooting, there are several one click roots available for most devices. As you point out, it is far from risk free. Honestly I would prefer not rooting but I feel forced into it because of the issues on this thread. One of the big downsides is the fact warranty is void. Support now comes from forums (which is generally better anyway). If you have a problem, you are on your own (with the help of tons of forums).
As for your regular backup, Google provides this already for free. Just sign in to your Google account and use their backup services. Its all there, all free, and actually works very well. Then you can edit them on your Google website too. It has far more flexibility that backup assistant.
It is true that this happens to be one of my many pet peeves. It does annoy others to the extent it does me but likely not the majority. For most users they just ignore it and instead complain about poor battery life, laggy apps, and other issues and they have with no idea that this bloatware helps to cause these issues. They leave unhappy but never realize that bloatware is part of the cause. I can't blame all of this on bloatware of course. It is one of many contributors though and there is no excuse for it. I would argue that Verizon could increase customer satisfaction by allowing us to uninstall the bloatware. This would result in less returned devices which would save them far more than forcing the bloatware ever gained them (since I would argue this is $0). They could still preinstall whatever they want. I am fine with that as long as I can uninstall what I don't want. That should not impact any kickbacks they get from the bloatware since it has no impact on the number of people who use it. It would impact the apps ratings on Android Market though. Just take a look at some of the ratings on these bloatware apps. Tons of 1 star ratings with all kinds of comments about bloatware. If we could just uninstall those ratings would not be there and the developers would likely get more users, not less.

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