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I hope you are not referring to the company that is pushing AI ads through their system settings, pushing Creator Studio subscription ads through the formerly n
by microtonal 5mo ago
I hope you are not referring to the company that is pushing AI ads through their system settings, pushing Creator Studio subscription ads through the formerly non-shareware productivity tools, and pushing movie ads through their wallet?
Seriously, get a Pixel and install GrapheneOS, or maybe a Fairphone with LineageOS.
- catlikesshrimp 5mo ago"Seriously, get a Pixel and install..." Ah, the Google tax. They can turn the lock of that door (bootloader) when they choose to do so.
- bushwart 5mo agoBut they haven't yet, and if you refuse to give Google money directly there's always the secondhand market.
- sjamaan 5mo agoYou'd still be walking around as a free advertiser for their stuff, simply by owning Google-branded hardware. And of course the hypocrisy of having a Google phone to avoid Google spying is palpable.
- bushwart 5mo agoI doubt people notice that sort of thing. Maybe whether you have an iPhone or an Android at most. Avoiding Google spying isn't the point of GrapheneOS anyway