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Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app

From AJL <noemail@none.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app
Date 2024-12-10 08:51 -0700
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On 12/10/2024 6:37 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote: [...]
>> Out of curiosity I installed the Google app on my Fire 8+ tablet
>> (Android fork OS) and the Discovery search page looks pretty much
>> the same as the Chrome browser. Google claims to make the articles
>> interesting to me by monitoring my usage. Scary for the paranoid,
>> huh.
>
> I had never used the 'Google' app, nor the 'Discover' part within
> Chrome. This thread triggered me to try the 'Google' app and the
> funny thing is that the kind of articles Google presents to me, seems
> to be largely, but not solely, based of my activity on *Microsoft*'s
> *MSN* in the *Edge* browser. So different company, different news
> platform and different app/browser, but they seem to be 'linked'
> anyway. *Double* scary for the paranoid! :-)

And I suspect things will only get worse (better?) with evolving AI...

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Annoying news and ads from Google app Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2024-12-08 07:16 -0800
  Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2024-12-08 07:35 -0800
    Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-08 18:09 +0000
      Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-08 22:27 +0100
        Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-09 00:12 +0000
          Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-09 09:02 +0000
            Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-09 22:21 +0000
          Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-09 14:56 +0100
            Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-09 14:37 +0000
              Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-09 15:32 +0000
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-09 15:53 +0000
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-09 17:24 +0000
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-09 22:22 +0000
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-09 22:42 +0000
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-09 23:06 +0000
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-12-10 05:17 +0200
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-09 16:55 -0700
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-09 16:55 -0700
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-10 05:37 +0000
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-09 23:46 -0700
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-10 13:08 +0100
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-10 08:51 -0700
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-11 01:47 +0000
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-12-10 13:37 +0000
                Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-10 08:51 -0700
              Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-09 16:50 +0100
    Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Nil <rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid> - 2024-12-08 13:26 -0500
      Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-08 18:54 +0000
        Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Nil <rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid> - 2024-12-08 19:27 -0500
          Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-09 09:18 +0000
        Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-09 02:31 +0000
    Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-12-08 22:37 +0100

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