The battery life on s6 edge is mediocre at best so i tend to avoid anything google related which is near impossible on an android device i know, but the majority of the google stuff (including chrome) can be disabled. I feel my battery drains a lot faster when the google stuff is constantly polling resources in the background
I found out after installing the Samsung Flashlight, that the browser was showing up as a choice to open a link, meaning that the default browser (Chrome) was not longer so. I removed the flashlight application and the problem stopped. I'm sure the browser is still hidden within the bowels of the phone, but at least it's not asking me to use it. Samsung needs to give access to applications like the browser and other bloatware, so if it can be removed, or at least can be disabled.
I will be gping to another phone other then Samsung. The Samsung internet App is being forced down my throat and I will not be getting any more Samsung products of any kind ever again. the Note 8 is wonderful, untill Samsung made it so I have to use there browser, and not my own, like Firefox. Untill now you could not give an iphone. now I'm going to get one for my wife, kids, and my self. the Note 8 is on its way out for all of us. my whole FAMILY feels the same way on this one. now bye bye Samsung.
Stock apps, whether they are made stock by Google, Samsung, or your carrier, can not be uninstalled. They can be disabled usually by going to Settings>Apps, clicking on the app in question (like the internet) and then the disable button. Some stock apps won't have that option, but that's the only way to disable an app.
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