How to Stop Advertising Notifications from the Google Photo App

&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.<p>Bloatware mandated by google on all android phones:<p>1. Google+<p>2. Google Duo<p>3. Google hangout<p>4. Gmail<p>5. Google play music<p>6. Google play games<p>7. Google play movies<p>8. Google play newsstand<p>9. Google drive<p>10. Google sheets<p>11. Google chrome<p>12. Google maps<p>13. Google assistant<p>14. Google app<p>15. Google photos<p>16. Youtube<p>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.

Why does it feel like every choice for a phone is a losing choice nowadays:<p>- &quot;Pure&quot; Android from Google (Pixels and co): You end up being controlled by Google and enclosed in their ecosystem. They manage and decide the ToS for everything and you have very little say about it (as this issue proves).<p>- &quot;Modified&quot; Android from other manufacturers: Full of bloatwares and basically unusable after 6 months<p>- iPhone: Closed source and managed by Apple. Not a lot of technical options to customize if you don&#x27;t like the default behavior (An issue I have with every Apple product).<p>For a non technical person, as a comment said above the iPhone is the best ethical solution. You get what you pay for and there are no shenanigans.<p>As a technical user however, I feel it is kind of sad to own an iPhone as I like to go deep and being able to modify a lot of settings and behaviors. I simply don&#x27;t like the overly opinionated way iOS or MacOS handles the user (Which again would be fine for 99% of normal users).

There are so many apps that abuse notifications. I often find that I have to turn a new app&#x27;s notifications off after installing it.<p>For example, the Kindle app (on iOS) keeps bugging me about random things that are basically ads for Kindle. The Etsy app does the same. I recently installed the AliExpress app, and it started sending me notifications daily about deals (&quot;Still looking for wigs? Look what we found, just for you!&quot; -- just because I was entertaining myself the other day by browsing through all the crazy crap that AliExpress sells, it now thinks I want a wig).<p>Apple (and Google, presumably) really should penalize app creators for abusing notifications.

I also received this notification. I have an S8, not a Pixel.<p>This is the kind of marketing spam done by crapware apps. Should we also expect this from Google now? I&#x27;ve come across too many nontechnical user&#x27;s phones with hundreds of spam push notifications to have any patience for this crap.

I really appreciate that his&#x2F;her argument is cogent, compelling, and lacking cynical sarcasm. I hope they are successful.<p>That said, this is one of the many reasons I have been moving out of the Google ecosystem to paod services.

Amazon sells phones &quot;with offers and ads&quot; for a discount on the MRP.<p>In comparison, this phone is sold at a premium and then displaying ads? It seems Google wants to have it&#x27;s cake and eat it too.

There is, as of me writing this, only one reply to the original post in support of its complaint — mine. Perhaps those willing to post comments here should consider also posting them there.

I&#x27;ve used a firewall on my phone: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;apps&#x2F;details?id=app.greyshirts.firewall" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;apps&#x2F;details?id=app.greyshirts...</a> The firewall is brilliant in that it sets up a &#x27;VPN&#x27;, that all connections must go through. Bam, no more notifications from any shitty apps that got a request from a marketer to annoy you. However, it won&#x27;t help with the apps that you have a love&#x2F;hate relationship with (ie Viber).<p>You will be SHOCKED at how many apps insist on a connection to the internet despite not apparently needing a connection. I even had apps I never use, still try to call home!<p>On a sidenote, I love how the app also gives Wifi or Mobile Data option. ie, prohibited updates unless over WiFi.

I also got an ad for Duo in my Pixel&#x27;s phone dialer<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.cubeupload.com&#x2F;7PGmMo.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.cubeupload.com&#x2F;7PGmMo.jpg</a>

I liked the Growl notification customizations on the Mac, where every possible notification type for an app was listed. That’s how it should be; then you know everything that the app can possibly send. You could make broad preferences where desired, and granular settings as needed.<p>I hate that installing new apps enables every stupid notification by default, seemingly only fixable by going 3 levels deep into every app’s settings and disabling things. Designers talk about the importance of having good defaults, and notifications have really, really stupid defaults coupled with bad UI for fixing them.

Been debating between the V30 and the Pixel 2 XL. If true, this report destroys perhaps the primary reason for the Pixel.

Buy an iPhone. ;-)

A Google Bot will reply in that forum soon.

Doesn&#x27;t this sort of notification violate the Play Store ToS?

I mean, it&#x27;s &#x27;advertising&#x27; a new feature of the photos app ... I get the frustration but it&#x27;s not like it&#x27;s a third party advertisement.

Long press on the notification. Disable app notifications. Granted this is blunt force and is a bandaid on the bigger problem.<p>Alternative is to Disable the preloaded app.

Is there a way to view this without having to sign in with a google account? The page seems to mostly load before it redirects to a login...