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Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

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441 points jalict | 1 comments | 17 Jun 25 07:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.226s | source
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__rito__ ◴[17 Jun 25 12:35 UTC] No.44298389[source]▶
After my smartphone vendor's SMS app, and Google Messages both started serving me non-stop loans ads and gambling ads (never gambled ever in my life), I switched to Fossify Messages, and it has been going great for me. Never looked back.
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sp0rk ◴[17 Jun 25 12:45 UTC] No.44298468[source]▶
Where are ads displayed in your Google Messages? I have never seen any ads and I struggle to even imagine where they would place an ad within its interface.
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__rito__ ◴[17 Jun 25 12:53 UTC] No.44298547[source]▶
Messages. The ads come as messages. Like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YGZwlZqrpU

They sometimes look like this, too [JPG]: https://static1.anpoimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/...

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molszanski ◴[17 Jun 25 14:28 UTC] No.44299684[source]▶
this is some dystopian bs. I've never realized goodle/android is in a such weird place
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1. whatevertrevor ◴[18 Jun 25 15:33 UTC] No.44310802[source]▶
I'd need to see proof that android has anything to do with it. It's just a vendor sending you a RCS version of marketing messages. If they have your phone number they send you the message, google or not.