I donâ(TM)t want to pay for a device so I can be force fed ads. The present mobile landscape looks bleak, but I am still holding out for platforms that value both privacy and repairability. Hope springs eternal, Baldrick
This sounds like they've taken a look at an ad-infested Amazon Kindle Fire and thought "that looks great!". You can't have a Kindle with the screen turned on without seeing an ad - they're literally everywhere. I suspect Google are aiming for the same thing because those ads are hard to ad-block.
One very good thing the Kindles do is "kids mode" - suddenly no ads at all, and only the apps you've allowed the kids to use. You can block the camera and browser too. Very nice - so long as you're under about the a
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This sounds like they've taken a look at an ad-infested Amazon Kindle Fire and thought "that looks great!". You can't have a Kindle with the screen turned on without seeing an ad - they're literally everywhere. I suspect Google are aiming for the same thing because those ads are hard to ad-block.
One very good thing the Kindles do is "kids mode" - suddenly no ads at all, and only the apps you've allowed the kids to use. You can block the camera and browser too. Very nice - so long as you're under about the a