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A new one for me the other day was "Google Nearby". Enabled by default and some company in the airport using it to push ads to your notifications. Disgusting and maybe the final nail in the coffin for Android for me. As a long time diehard android user, iPhone sounds better and better every day.

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In case anyone's wondering more about how that store did that, here's the docs: https://developers.google.com/beacons/

Why not just use a rom without all the bloatware and maybe even without google services alltogether?

https://lineage.microg.org

discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15619416

supported devices: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices

My carrier forces all manufacturers to lock the bootloader. Also doesn't stuff like Google pay and netflix not work?

I've got a Pixel, won't be getting Pixel 2. My partner just got a OnePlus 5T though, and it looks very good. Definitely considering OnePlus as my next step.

OnePlus have always looked v good. But they don't work on Verizon so that's a non starter.

Could you please tell me which airport this was and if you remember the location and the ad?

Thanks a lot

It was either BWI or LAX and it said "Your ad here" with some url. I had no idea what it was so I long pressed on the notification and did some searching

Google Nearby is everywhere, I feel like I've seen it walking past Targets and a bunch of other places lately. Even small businesses

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