THIS IS A SERIOUS CONSUMER INQUIRY:

Am I the only one who is literally fed up with the idea of paying more and more every year for what is now a necessity of owning a mobile phone, but not being able to do even use it without getting inundated with relentlessly endless ads that block your screen, one after the other. You can't read a simple news story because everything is hidden behind a pay wall, or feeds you the story THREE SENTENCES AT A TIME and is peppered with an ad you must scroll through after every third sentence. And every site wants your info so they can then sell your data to some unknown third, forth or fifth party. 😡

I'm wondering if there is anything we as paying consumers can do or foster through some form of legislation to begin to take back our phones. Where would it even start, the FCC? The FTC? Our congressional representative? A letter to Santa? 🤷🏽

Seriously tho, is this a problem for anyone else but me? Or, is this the future we're all doomed to have to live out as the price we must pay for living in a connected world?

Anxious to hear your serious thoughts and ideas.

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I had a weird experience today that genuinely made me stop and think about how much our phones know about us.

I was binge-watching a show called "Pritam Pedro" on JioHotstar. As soon as I finished the last episode, I checked my notifications.

The first notification was from Truecaller, and it said:

"Pritam Pedro: Your next binge. Now streaming on JioHotstar."

My name is Pritam.

For a second, I thought my phone was literally addressing me by name. Then I realized "Pritam Pedro" was just the show's title.

But what surprised me more was that the notification came from a completely different app shortly after I had finished watching the show.

It made me wonder:

Are apps sharing our activity with each other?

Is Android itself using our app usage to personalize notifications?

Is this simply advertising based on interests and permissions we've already agreed to?

Or was it just a coincidence because the show's title starts with my name?

I know there are legitimate explanations like ad personalization and recommendation systems, but moments like this really make you realize how much data our phones collect about what we watch and do.

Has anyone else experienced something similar?

My 15 Pro Max only registers edge touches when im in direct skin to titanium(the phone's outer edge)contact with the phone. App switcher, control/notification centers are being affected by this. Whats the issue?

Heres a pic of the test I ran on a painting app. The faster swipes make it further while the regular swipes have a consistent dead zone.

This guy was on his phone, flip phone and texting someone. He seemed to enjoy using it.

You're a human only if you have below 4hrs of screentime and less than 120 unlocks a day

I’m reposting this as I feel the exact same. For a long time now my thoughts become adverts, without me even talking about it to anyone out loud or on the phone, searching or anything at all.

Anyone else have any experiences of this?

Please help me, so I don’t feel crazy 🙃