Seems like banning all advertising would end all this stupidity. Seems like Google Android is following iOS's lead...
Jesus. They keep adding more that default to "on," and bury the settings deeper each time. It's absurd.
this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2023
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I literally got a notification that took me to this menu. They aren't trying to hide it
I didn't. I only found out about it through this post.
I also had to dig down two menus deep past the config search results. Looks pretty hidden to me.
I didn't either. Found it four pages deep. under "other privacy settings", nonchalantly placed at the bottom of the last page. And i just did a search for that kind of thing two weeks ago and somehow missed it.
The world deserve gnu/linux mobile even faster.
Degoogle your phone
Problem solved
This is all avoided if you just use GrapheneOS.
This is the same thing as in chrome
Thank you for the screenshot! I had no idea this had been stuck in there. Thankfully it was sent to off for whatever reason.