It’s probably the browser, not the OS, that’s doing this. The teams are separate although someone in upper management oversees them both.
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deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
When did desktop operating systems become a place for live A/B tests of ads?
This is something I expect from a malicious website like Facebook, not the fucking operating system.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 week ago
sunzu@kbin.run 1 week ago
As somebody recently reminded me... Think googled android but with more legs!
psivchaz@reddthat.com 1 week ago
I don’t think I’ve ever gotten an ad from the OS on Android. I know some manufacturers, Samsung in particular, include ads but that’s not “Android” so much as “Samsung’s shitty skin of Android.”
The closest I’ve gotten to an ad on Pixel is a thing to review new features after updates.
sunzu@kbin.run 1 week ago
I think you are missing the point here and how ad tracking works tbh.
Googled android is deff sucking u try on data and them using that data to shows ads where they see you serfing.
AnomalousBit@programming.dev 1 week ago
We got click-baited into reading about Microsoft doing shady shit with their browser default settings (again, no less!), but that part wasn’t even mentioned in the article.