Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app

AJL wrote on Mon, 9 Dec 2024 17:24:42 -0000 (UTC) :

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 have a free Amazon Vine account which allows me to order from Amazon three items a day of up to $100 each without cost, shipping or taxes.
For *that* account, Amazon also monitors my purchases, and then it offers me free stuff (up to $100 per item, 3 a day) that fits my buying patterns. Surprisingly, that's a kind of monitoring & offering that I actually like!