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From: AJL <noemail@none.com>
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Subject: Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 16:55:22 -0700
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On 12/9/2024 3:42 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
> 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 ...

I've always enjoyed the Discover selection so Google does a good job
picking stuff for me. I also read other aggregators like Flipboard,
Yahoo News, Slashdot, The Register, and Smartnews. With my Chrome stuff
I use a read only extension to get rid of the ads, popups and moving
stuff. Likewise the Reading mode app on my Android stuff...