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From: Nil <rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 13:26:17 -0500
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On 08 Dec 2024, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in
comp.mobile.android: 

> On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 07:16:45 -0800, Stan Brown wrote:
>> 
>> Pixel 8a, Android 15
>> 
>> More than once, I've swiped left or right on a screen and been
>> dumped into a page with the Google header and a bunch of ads and
>> clickbait news items, none of which I want. It appears to be the
>> Google app, not Chrome, though I'm not 100% sure of that. 
>> 
>> Is there some way to turn that off?
> 
> Sorry, I should have Googled (!) before posting. It's called 
> Discover, and it can be turned off in the Google app's own
> Settings menu.
> 
> https://www.androidpolice.com/disable-google-discover-android/

Thank you! That has been annoying me for some time now. I've learned to 
mostly avoid triggering it but it still happens sometimes. I don't need 
or want it. Now gone!