>I'm also avoiding / disabling Google stuffs (I'm using f-droid, ...). I was occasionally surprised to see how a lot of people are flooded with ads / unsolicite

>I'm also avoiding / disabling Google stuffs (I'm using f-droid, ...). I was occasionally surprised to see how a lot of people are flooded with ads / unsolicited messages and seemed not to care. I don't get it, though, it looks such an awful experience. I run into this with family members occasionally. Their music player or file manager has started showing ads, I recommend them the one I use on F-Droid, saying it may or may not be on the Play Store. Usually they go straight to the Play Store anyway and ask if any of their top ten results have the right icon/author. I really do get a better experience with F-Droid stuff. Never have run into ads or malware or whatever, can't imagine people thinking that it's normal to have such a bad experience. I don't know how they live with it.