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Re:How Google tracks Android device users before they've eve... by exabrial on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @07:44AM (#43253780)
I’m ready for a third operating system, not tied to an advertising company, where you have root access to inspect them system, revenue is generated through OS refreshes and SDK licensure.

To this day, I can’t believe that an _operating system _ has provisions in it for advertising.

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Re:How Google tracks Android device users before they've eve... by LorenDB on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @08:08AM (#43254030)
Linux? You won't have all your apps (unless you get Waydroid working, but that itself relies on an Android image), but it does work well enough that some people daily-drive it.
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Re:How Google tracks Android device users before they've eve... by shadowgovt on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @11:39AM (#43256988)
Advertising is very, very lucrative. Hard to resist tapping that vein when it's sitting right there and most users don't even feel it.
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