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From: Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
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Subject: Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 22:42:25 +0000
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Andrew wrote:

> AJL wrote:
> 
>> Google claims to make the articles interesting to me by
>>  monitoring my usage. Scary for the paranoid, huh.
> 
> On that topic alone of Google monitoring your reading to figure out what 
> it is that you like to read and then presenting you with similar 
> offerings....
I told my launcher pane to not use my google account, and refused all 
cookies, that way it game me more news stories, from more sources (not 
just .uk) including cat vids and stuff ...