Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app

On 12/9/2024 3:42 PM, Andy Burns wrote:

Andrew wrote:
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AJL wrote:
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Google claims to make the articles interesting to me by
monitoring my usage. Scary for the paranoid, huh.

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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...