<story><title>How to Stop Advertising Notifications from the Google Photo App</title><url>https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/photos/qwJMmOiAvZY;context-place=forum/photos</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dingo_bat</author><text>&amp;gt; The reason why I bought a Pixel from Google directly is because I do not like the adware and bloatware that comes pre-installed on phones from other carriers.&lt;p&gt;Bloatware mandated by google on all android phones:&lt;p&gt;1. Google+&lt;p&gt;2. Google Duo&lt;p&gt;3. Google hangout&lt;p&gt;4. Gmail&lt;p&gt;5. Google play music&lt;p&gt;6. Google play games&lt;p&gt;7. Google play movies&lt;p&gt;8. Google play newsstand&lt;p&gt;9. Google drive&lt;p&gt;10. Google sheets&lt;p&gt;11. Google chrome&lt;p&gt;12. Google maps&lt;p&gt;13. Google assistant&lt;p&gt;14. Google app&lt;p&gt;15. Google photos&lt;p&gt;16. Youtube&lt;p&gt;Seems like the author made a decision diametrically opposite to his desire. I literally use 4 of these 16 pre-installed apps. Keep in mind that these are non-removable too. You can disable them, but they will forever sit in the flash storage you paid for.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>daxfohl</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s surreal to me that Microsoft faced years of legal repercussions worldwide for including a browser in their OS.</text></comment>
<story><title>How to Stop Advertising Notifications from the Google Photo App</title><url>https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/photos/qwJMmOiAvZY;context-place=forum/photos</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dingo_bat</author><text>&amp;gt; The reason why I bought a Pixel from Google directly is because I do not like the adware and bloatware that comes pre-installed on phones from other carriers.&lt;p&gt;Bloatware mandated by google on all android phones:&lt;p&gt;1. Google+&lt;p&gt;2. Google Duo&lt;p&gt;3. Google hangout&lt;p&gt;4. Gmail&lt;p&gt;5. Google play music&lt;p&gt;6. Google play games&lt;p&gt;7. Google play movies&lt;p&gt;8. Google play newsstand&lt;p&gt;9. Google drive&lt;p&gt;10. Google sheets&lt;p&gt;11. Google chrome&lt;p&gt;12. Google maps&lt;p&gt;13. Google assistant&lt;p&gt;14. Google app&lt;p&gt;15. Google photos&lt;p&gt;16. Youtube&lt;p&gt;Seems like the author made a decision diametrically opposite to his desire. I literally use 4 of these 16 pre-installed apps. Keep in mind that these are non-removable too. You can disable them, but they will forever sit in the flash storage you paid for.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Larrikin</author><text>The silliest part of this is that Google phones specifically do not have removable storage so you&amp;#x27;re forced to use a cloud service, most likely Google&amp;#x27;s, for extra storage. Before the removal of the headphone jack this was one of my main reasons for avoiding the Nexus&amp;#x2F;Pixel line.</text></comment>