Yes. It is. They keep accepting the work and saying they'll fix it.

I'm actually leaving Amazon because they keep delivering our groceries to the wrong apartment and despite zillions of phone calls they still won't do anything to fix it.

Oh and they're trying to make their phone # go away so you can talk to their unhelpful AI instead.

It is weird to me that the sort of nerd that'd hang out here is somehow not the sort of nerd to understand the concept of 'best tool for the job'. "That's too big or heavy" is an understandable concept for anyone remotely left-brained.

That's right, folks: Mobile devices are only smaller and slimmer for cosmetic reasons.

I agree with you. I'd add that 'bundling' in general is a bad idea. For example- A company like Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable) would offer you both cable AND internet, and offer a discount for using them both. The problem with that? If your TV service suffers (like ... too many ads, for example) then you're compelled to try to weather it because you won't give up your internet and suddenly that discount is a BFD. My stress level went down a LOT when I split up my TV and internet services, cell services as well.

That said, that's not really the big issue here. Google is sucking up all your data. That is their goal as a corporation. Everything of theirs that you log into is more surface area for a potentially-damaging attack. Did I mention they trust zillions of third parties?

Actually... that's not strictly true. Back in the 90's I worked at a company that worked with a vendor who could essentially motion-track a video and use those motion vectors to do a few things like upscale a video because knowing the motion of the camera means knowing what to do with the sub-pixel information you're getting. (fundamentally this is similar to how a scanner or copier works.) You can also use it to remove motion blur, especially if 3d points from the video can be intuited.

Am I saying the TV tropes are right? Nah. I'm not even sure I've seen one of those where what I'm suggesting would have been a plausible explanation. I'm just saying there ARE enhancement tools out there.

Umm... why? Toxic users make advertisers leave. You're really going to dictate that social media sites MUST host people who incite violence because they're suddenly not allowed to have a bouncer at the door? Would you propose the gov't reimburse the lost revenue?

Yeah that's the real root of the problem, here.

The lease that lit a fire under them is probably no longer an issue.

Maybe not, but if they can serve you video, they can serve you ads. If your ad-blocker is working then maybe Google should explain the details of what's so different about that stream. Is it running a crypto miner, for example?

I agree that they're free to do this, but my ad-blockers are active for security purposes, and I am free to do that.

You're talking like you know what all Google does with your data but you don't.

For the record: What made you mad was a statement I made that is factual.

Have a good night.

Before you build an addition to your soap box do keep in mind that Android is owned by a company whose expressed goal is to gather as much data as possible.

cause vs effect.

Projection. Android fans can't help but voice their hostility towards Apple. The fact that you're met with debate is typically an effect, not a cause. You can't even read an Apple ad on Facebook without a bunch of Fandroids blathering about the usual generic talking points. "ApPuL DiDnT iNvEnT TeLePhOnEs! haw haw!"

Good thing I've got karma to burn.