Because Ads are usually recognizable as such in your doom scrolling. Sometimes you can even filter them out with ad blockers.

Ads in AI response is more similar to influencers not disclosing their sponsored messages.

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Even if you are not connected to a WiFi network (so the toggle is off) background WiFi scans can still be used to track you by triangulating your position from nearby networks. This service is provided by Google for your convenience of course, so you don’t even need to wait for GPS to pick up and they can track you without draining your battery too much.

When I used to run a degoogled phone I was able to swap that service with an equivalent one provided by Mozilla, but they stopped supporting it after a while.

We need someone like the EU to forbid bank apps to require Google’s integrity checks so we can make modded Android great again.

You can find an older wired VR headset for cheap in the used market. Or even a Q2 if you are feeling fancier. Apart from lenses and resolution they are functionally identical to newer ones.

My first game was Superhot VR and I instantly fell in love.