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Why use anything from google? They’re an advertising company.
It baffles me. I told my dad I can get him adfree youtube in just 5 minutes if I install firefox on his phone.
His response was that he doesn't want to install "yet another app" as if it's a big deal.
I'm so often left speechless by this stuff. It's asinine.
Eat your ad slop then... Wtf else can I say...
They don't want to be bothered learning something new, they'll just stick to what works for them.