I have zero problems with this on Lineage. ?? No spoofing either, just Lineage.

Yeah this part is truly infuriating

Oh im not defending it. Just saying we’ve been well-fed geese for a very long time now. It has just changed from cramming us full of the Tootsie Pop Owl and the Doublemint Twins with a chaser of Sears Christmas Catalog to a succotash of targeted ads.

I had no idea this was going on. Is it because I’m running Lineage?

No different than the decades of ad supported broadcast television.

There is also a complete lack of segregation of duties with these things. The companies that install, configure, and maintain also get a cut of the income. This is really bad.