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Re: Google nag to turn Discover on

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Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:19:16 -0700, Stan Brown wrote:
> > 
> > Google Pixel 8a phone, Android 15
[...]
> I googled when I first noticed this problem a few weeks ago, but came 
> up empty. I tried again, after posting my followup to Vanguard's 
> article, and this time I got some ideas from this video:
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ubt2sFO1A
> 
> 1. Long-press on the home screen -- not Google's home screen, the 
> phone's home screen. Tap "Home settings".
> 
> 2. Disable "Swipe to access Google app". (I tend to slide a little 
> bit when tapping on my phone screen, so maybe I'd been unknowingly 
> swiping enough to open the Google app a third of the time.)

  Well, if you still had your/a Samsung phone, you wouldn't have had
this problem! :-) (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

  To be [f|F]rank, a Samsung phone has a similar, equally annoying
(default) setting: Accidental right swipe opens 'Samsung Free').

  As we say in our country, you get bitten, either by the dog or the
cat.

[...]

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Google nag to turn Discover on Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-03-20 11:19 -0700
  Re: Google nag to turn Discover on VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-20 14:09 -0500
    Re: Google nag to turn Discover on Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-03-21 03:54 +0000
      Re: Google nag to turn Discover on Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-03-21 05:42 +0000
    Re: Google nag to turn Discover on Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-03-21 11:28 -0700
      Re: Google nag to turn Discover on VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-21 18:08 -0500
        Re: Google nag to turn Discover on Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-03-23 16:13 -0700
          Re: Google nag to turn Discover on VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-23 19:08 -0500
            Re: Google nag to turn Discover on AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-03-24 05:45 +0000
            Re: Google nag to turn Discover on Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-03-25 10:12 -0700
              Re: Google nag to turn Discover on VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-25 19:49 -0500
                Re: Google nag to turn Discover on Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-03-26 02:00 +0000
            Re: Google nag to turn Discover on (solution: Disable the Google app) Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-03-25 10:39 -0700
              Re: Google nag to turn Discover on (solution: Disable the Google app) AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-03-25 20:00 +0000
                Re: Google nag to turn Discover on (solution: Disable the Google   app) Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-03-26 08:31 -0700
  Re: Google nag to turn Discover on Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-03-21 11:20 -0700
    Re: Google nag to turn Discover on Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-21 19:09 +0000
      Re: Google nag to turn Discover on Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-03-21 21:41 +0000
    Re: Google nag to turn Discover on "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-25 20:11 +0100

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