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Windows needs to stop showing tabloid news

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1725 points taubek | 2 comments | 27 Mar 23 05:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.456s | source
1. prennert ◴[27 Mar 23 08:21 UTC] No.35324218[source]▶
I have the same in Chrome on my Android phone.

Click on open a new tab and tabloid news are shown below the shortcuts of often used domains / links. Same when swiping left on the start screen (don't know what that screen does as I never used it due to the SHOCKING content..)

There cannot be any good in this and it should stop. I see this as a notch to getting people accept more cookies etc so Google can present more relevant content (it's not like I browse any gossip page besides HN). But somehow I doubt that better content will be shown in those ad spaces if I allow for more cookies.

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2. toastal ◴[27 Mar 23 08:47 UTC] No.35324362[source]▶
It’s trivial to use a different default browser like Bromite or Fennec instead of the adware default you were given