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Please excuse the loose relation to this specific aspect of their relationship, but there's something bothering me about Google & Evernote.

I recently set up a consumer grade LG Android smartphone. A few days later I got a push notification inviting me to install Evernote[1]. I wonder who gets paid for that: the telco, LG, or Google? How does one unsubscribe from such app adverts? By disabling Google Play Store notifications? I really didn't know push ads for apps are a thing. Besides the annoyance, it seems like an unfair advantage over all the other top apps.

[1] https://cl.ly/2U0K2H3S071E

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Tap and hold the notification and Android will show you what app it belongs to. You can also view the most recent notifications in Android settings.

Thanks!! I was hoping someone might drop a tip like that, so I kept the notification around. Indeed.. After a long press, it reveals that it's owned by the Evernote[1] app. Apparently it comes preinstalled. The gear button results in a crash, but I was able to block notifications under the info icon. Probably best to take the time and purge all the bundled apps, before another one pops up.

[1] https://d17oy1vhnax1f7.cloudfront.net/items/1Q1L2Y2f3R3v0m1n...

> I wonder who gets paid for that: the telco, LG, or Google?

Almost certainly the OEM (LG) or the telco. I have seen a lot of bundle/notification/ad deals from both types of entities, but never from Google.

I have the Kindle app on my phone and it sends a notification just about every day. I didn't mind because often their recommendations were interesting to me and I would occasionally buy the book they were pushing.

Then they started pushing magazines. I wish there was some way to tell Amazon that I'm not going to subscribe to a magazine. I ended up turning off notifications.

It's LG. HTC used to (maybe still) do the same.

I just realized I can make another ~700 polite off-topic questions, before my karma runs out. That's actually very acceptable :-D. First time I see it as currency.

This is by LG

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