Pixel phones getting ad notifications

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My Pixel 9 just showed me an ad in the notifications for device protection.

https://i.imgur.com/rRWexiA.png

I thought I'd never see the day.

I haven't seen this before, but I have received ad notifications from the Photos app several times. I can't quite remember what they were advertising, but maybe prints or photo frames?

I guess the iPhone equivalent is them offering AppleCare for new devices.

“Ad notifications” doesn’t seem like the most illuminating phrase to describe this though - is there a better one?

Clickable version of link from post: https://i.imgur.com/rRWexiA.png

That is usually the moment when I start looking for alternatives or at least an alternative to their standard apps.

I had an Oppo phone that managed to serve me a single ad in the file manager. I immediately swapped it to the Fossify file manager even though I lost some functionality.

It's an ad to spend more money for your pixel, and not an ad for 3rd party services, but will it stop here?

They've already been periodically/rarely doing ads like that for a number of years now, and it's stopped there. It's not a new thing.

Well, at least there's a robust alternative OS for Pixel phones in GrapheneOS.

When the hardware you paid isn't your anymore. I guess hardware enshittification is creeping into all the devices. Even the PC monitors have started doing this now

link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/967983/lg-monitors-mcafee-adwa...

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