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

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:00:21 -0000 (UTC), AJL wrote:

 
On 3/25/25 10:39 AM, Stan Brown wrote:

I did disable the Google app, and I'm pretty sure I haven't received
a nag to turn on Discover since then. ...

I've been paying attention since posting the above, and I didn't see
that full-screen nag to turn on Discover, so I think it's safe to say
that disabling the app called Google made it go away.

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. ...

 

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.

Thanks, AJL. That explanation fits the facts I've observed. (Discover
was easier to turn off in Chrome than in the app called Google,
because there was no need to navigate through Chrome settings.)

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