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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To illistrate this, I just typed "restaurants" in Google Maps in downtown Prague and the first result was an ad for KFC (it looked like a real result but it said "sponsored" on top). But I do have a US phone.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The play store itself is doing the same thing. Sponsorrd crappy apps above the one I actually entered