[archargelod]

That's why the first thing I do on my new phone is disable the Google app. It does absolutely nothing useful for me, but never sleeps, eats resources and shows you advertisements.

I also hate the mobile apps that designed to be always on, always listening or nagging. So, I have the policy: if the app is only useful occasionally and it is active but I didn't start it - I disable it. And I'll enable an app when I need it, not whenever it wants me to use it.

[userbinator]

and shows you advertisements

Is this a recent change? The last time I used an Android was many years ago and I did not experience anything like that.

[const_cast]

Depends on what you consider ads.

I consider any notification for something I did not explicitly sign up for an ad. So if I get a notification like "use Gemini" or "heres a tip:", that's an ad.

Unfortunately that makes, like, half the default notifications on Android ads. But you can disable all of it.

[krige]

I think it's recent. Yeah it's goddamn Gemini.