[jvagner]

I tend to favor Apple over Google, and am more inclined to use Apple hardware than any Google/Pixel hardware, and I have no devices that have always-on mics (aside from my iPhone), but...

Apple News is already less usable and readable because of Apple's included ad layers.

Apple's ad business isn't a sizable fraction of Google's, but Apple's direction is plenty ad-oriented, so this old canard will probably need to drop by the wayside at some point. It's not entirely meaningful.