T-Mobile Downloaded Crapware

After more back-and-forth with T-Mobile and being handed off to Samsung, I found out that this is caused by T-mobile app selector and T-mobile Device Manager. I sniffed the connections and sure enough, these two apps are downloading crapware (games and T^mu). In addition, they share your usage data with Unity, the app developer. These applications are supposedly used to "make it easier" to find applications you might want. T-Mobile insists that App Selector is an Android module but it was the one with the active connection when the games were downloaded. Device manager connected with T-Mobile sites. Samsung was able to deactivate App Selector but it's very complicated to remove. Same with Device Manager. 

These apps were designed to run when you're setting up a new device. I didn't install them and the App Selector is part of the Android system that comes with the new phones. It runs every 45 days. You can't control much in terms of permissions and notifications and I only had the option to force-stop them and disable them. Some circles consider both of these applications bloatware.