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  • > Google won’t show you ads based on sensitive categories like race, sexual orientation, religion, or health.

    Conspicuously absent from the "sensitive categories" is political leanings...

    by benoau
  • All I can add is that I'm very glad that I've no Google accounts nor use its services even though I've an Android phone.
    by hilbert42
  • If anything I am surprised they haven’t done this till now. When they gave no option to opt out of having our Gemini chats to not be used for training it was clear Google took a turn to be bold and aggressive about using user data. It was the sign to move away
    by yalogin
  • "might" === "absolutely will", just for the record.
    by accrual
  • Since the comments are going to be flooded with people reactively assuming it is straight up directly accessing them, here is the actual qualification:

    > [they will not use for ads] ... unless you choose to make data from these services available to other Google services that support personalized ads

    So it is more reasonable than I think most people are assuming.

    by zmmmmm
  • Turn it off here: https://google.com/search-personalization
    by JumpCrisscross
  • PSA: Getting out of Google Photos is both easy and super rewarding if you can run Immich and use Google Takeout. It’s also better than Google Photos.

    https://jaisenmathai.com/articles/my-ridiculously-robust-pho...

    by jmathai
  • > About DMA & your linked services

    > The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a European Union (EU) law that took effect on March 6, 2024. As a result of Article 5(2) of the DMA, in the EU, Google offers you the choice to link certain Google services.

    > Those Google services include:

        Search
    YouTube
    Ad services
    Google Play
    Chrome
    Google Shopping
    Google Maps
    > You can choose to link all these services, choose to have none of these services linked, or choose which of these individual services you want to link.

    https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/14202510?hl=en

    So at least European users will be able to get personalized search and photos results without also having to share that data for personalized ads.

    by actapp80

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