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So I had a verbal conversation with a coworker yesterday and now I'm getting fed very specific ads. No possible way it's accidental. I have most of the microphone access to apps limited, I have Google assistant turned off and no VPA setup in my home. I use a Oneplus 9 pro, does anyone have recommendations on how to further root cause this or just par for the course for using any standard android OS? Have other folks had similar experience after locking down their stock phones?

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[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just because one single company

It was more than one company. Please read the article or listen to the podcast. And no, I will not summarise them for you. Stop being lazy.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I can't read the damn articles because the site is paywalled.......I much rather read an article than listen to a 45 minute podcast. That is why I asked you to summarize. Thanks for being unhelpful though!

Also, the podcast stream itself has like 2 minute ads interrupting me every time i skip forwards or backwards. For a source so dedicated to anti-intrusive advertising, it sure as hell is riddled to fuck with intrusive advertisements. Thanks for the amazing source ;-).

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The podcast doesn't have 2 minute ads every time you skip. Get a better podcast app.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Well I just tried it on 3 browsers and 2 mobile browsers and they all say i have to be a paid member to read the articles. I'll watch the video then but I much rather read.