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Re: Google nag to turn Discover on (solution: Disable the Google app)

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On 3/25/25 10:39 AM, Stan Brown wrote:
>On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:08:38 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:
>> I mentioned disabling the Google app in my 2nd reply to you, but that
>> was 5 hours after you posted your reply to yourself.  I didn't bother
>> watching the Youtube video.  However, it wasn't clear that you actually
>> disabled the Google app, only that it was suggested.
>
>I did disable the Google app, and I'm pretty sure I haven't received 
>a nag to turn on Discover since then. (By "pretty sure" I mean that I 
>can't recall any instance of it popping up. But it's really hard to 
>be certain of _not_ seeing something that I'm not actively looking 
>for.)
>
>Interestingly, when I opened Chrome, which is my only browser on my 
>Android phone, the lower half of the screen was the beginning of a 
>Discover feed! However, at the upper right of that feed was the 
>three-dot menu icon, and when I tapped it one of the options was 
>"Turn off", which of course I selected. Out of curiosity, I closed 
>the Chrome app and restarted my phone, then started Chrome again. 
>Discover remains off, for now at least.


>Since Discover is in the settings of the Google app, not the Chrome 
>app, maybe disabling the Google app meant that Chrome no longer had 
>to that setting?

When I put the Google ecosystem onto this Amazon Fire OS HD10 tablet awhile
 back, Discover was on both the Chrome browser and the Google app. I later
 removed the Google app and Discover still remained on the Chrome browser so
 at least on this setup there appears to be no connection as to Discover
 control.


>In any case, Chrome seems to be remembering that I 
>turned off Discover in Chrome. At least for now, it's not nagging me 
>to turn it back on.

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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
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