Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google shows me ads for it. Why?

Re:Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google show... by zikzak on Sunday April 18, 2021 @09:44AM (#26852400)

A person I work with (very knowledgable about tech and IT) uses a flip phone and cash (as much as possible). If they want to send a gift they buy it locally, pack it up, and ship it. Etc. They don't even bank online. Why? Not sure but they have lots of free time and this is how they choose to spend it (trips to see a teller, back machines, part office visits, using public transport to shop for nearly everything).

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Re:Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google show... by ancarda on Sunday April 18, 2021 @09:58AM (#26852529)

>Why? Not sure

Maybe they are sick of surveillance capitalism and don't wish to be part of it?

I'd do the same, but I really don't want a flip phone. Maybe once Pine Phone with GNU/Linux is working reasonably well, I'll switch to that.

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Re:Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google show... by NoImmatureAdHom on Sunday April 18, 2021 @10:40AM (#26852886)

https://calyxos.org/ and https://grapheneos.org/ both go part of the way. They're hardened, privacy-preserving Android flavors that work best on Google Pixel 3 - 5. CalyxOS emulates google services so you can use basically any Android app, while GrapheneOS goes further down the security hardening hole.

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Re:Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google show... by ancarda on Sunday April 18, 2021 @11:27AM (#26853287)

Huh didn't know about these, thank you! I'll look into them

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Re:Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google show... by speeder on Sunday April 18, 2021 @10:35AM (#26852832)

I actually want a good flip phone myself.

I bought a locally made KaiOS phone but it has too low RAM and keep crashing.

Nokia makes flip phones with KaiOS but they aren't allowed in my country sadly.

Reason is I want a phone I can repair myself, all my previous phones I had to replace because some unrepairable part that didn't need to be unrepairable (one of them it was the battery!) broke down.

Instead of shelling a ton of money to be tracked and buy a product that won't last, I wish I could spend my phone on something that will last.

And the flip cover is convenient for me because I keep forgetting to lock my phone and managed to pocket dial even with an android.

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Re:Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google show... by walshemj on Sunday April 18, 2021 @12:48PM (#26854043)

I don't do online banking on my primary bank - only on the secondary NatWest one I keep < £100 in.

Its reducing the attack surface as I see it.

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