alt Hacker NewsWhy are you obfuscating the concern? The issue is not that it is an app that is popularly found on devices!
The issue is that it is an app which is forcibly installed without consent or disclosure, which has privileged access to the system and beyond the scope of the device vendor. To have no care for that reeks suspiciously of nationalistic bias.
edit: Please answer: Which country has backdoor control of the phones via this app?
I agree that the issue is what you described -- an bloatware installed on a common handset manufactured by South Korean tech company. That should be the controversy.
Focusing on the factthe software is made by an Israeli company is manufacturing a controversy which is in fact extremely biased. We should be focusing on the decisions made by the South Korean manufacturer.