Glance is coming to the US, whether we like it or not ( www.androidcentral.com )

  • Reports suggest Glance is preparing to debut in the U.S. "later this year" following its pilot program with Motorola and Verizon.
  • Sources state Glance will not capture data, but will instead leverage a user's "patterns" to offer recommendations.
  • Glance states it will not show ads in the U.S., opting for news stories, and it will look to offer a subscription service for "premium news
Welp_im_damned ,

https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/3f03cc6b-d646-4da4-ab84-627cbf8eb9b8.png

Yeah fuck this shit

Moonrise2473 ,

Google should fucking BAN&BLOCK malware that shows ads on the lock screen but instead what they do? They fucking INVEST in that!

ladfrombrad Mod ,
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Don't fret.

Things like this are next year and some other intern will have a new product name to bolden their advert battalion.

The cycle never ends, and they don't click on that we ain't having it :/

Apollo2323 ,

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    Fisch ,
    @Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

    It's not part of Android and not even made by Google

    ReveredOxygen ,
    @ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works avatar

    The first paragraph refers to it as "Google-backed Indian startup Glance". It's not part of Android, but Google is involved

    evo ,

    A company investing in a startup does not mean they are "involved" in any way.

    Moonrise2473 ,

    The company that is programming the operating system is investing in a company that makes malware for said operating system. How they can't be considered involved? Once they invested the $140 million, they would be less likely to consider that malware as such. They won't block that malware with Google play protect, ignore the privacy issues that would lead to a ban on the play store, and so on.

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't don't see Apple investing even a dollar on a company that is making malware for iPhones

    jkrtn ,

    An investor in a company will push to make that company gain market share. As we can see here.

    GluWu ,

    Glance works to deliver recommendations to users like ads, news articles, and more on the lock screen.

    How do I block it?

    Glance will side with offering a subscription service where users can pay for "premium news" on their lock screens every month.

    Oh, so just don't pay for it, right?

    Fortunately, you can disable Glance on the phone, but we found that the service would occasionally produce a full-screen prompt on the lock screen, encouraging you to re-enable the feature.

    Oh, so more bloat using resources even when disabled.

    Glance will seek to make a profit through the aforementioned subscription and if users interact with its "product of the day."

    Its literally just a venture to capture and advertise on every visible space possible.

    It looks like I'll be spending 2025 onward with Linux and a flip phone.

    BearOfaTime ,

    Universal Android Debloat for those without root (it's just a GUI for ADB commands to disable features).

    Alternatively, switch to a flashable phone and use an AOSP rom like Graphene, Lineage or DivestOS.

    caos ,

    The development of UAD has been stopped/paused. The fork Universal Android Debloater Next Generation continues it

    smeg ,

    So it's ads on the lock screen? Didn't Amazon try that a decade ago with the subsidised Kindle Fire tablets?

    ares35 ,
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    amazon still sells the ad-supported versions of kindles. and not just the fire tablets, but the readers, too.

    PonyOfWar ,

    Sources state Glance will not capture data, but will instead leverage a user’s “patterns” to offer recommendations.

    Those "patterns" are literally data. What a nonsensical sentence.

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