Frustrated with Google Discover ads? Try this workaround before disabling the service itself

Google Discover provides customized and personalized content recommendations which are based on the users’ interests, search history, and other activities.

However, Android users are now complaining about excessive ads that are disrupting their feeds. According to them, this was never the case before Google Discover replaced Google Now.

Google Discover showing too many ads

Apparently, some users have been getting an overdose of ads on Google Discover for the past few months. This further adds to the disappointment of those who genuinely loved Google Now’s implementation.

These ads in discover are getting really bad
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Google now was so good, I have no idea who decided to push this shitty discover feature out and how they’re still employed.
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While it is understood that ads are an important part of Google’s revenue generation, this should not come at the cost of users’ experience. Frequent ads are not only frustrating but also intrusive.

This has led to some feeling annoyed and demanding the return of Google Now or a similar execution.

Bring back google now
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It is important for any platform to strike a balance between providing a good user experience and generating revenue. If not, it could face criticism and low engagement.

And it seems that some of those affected are promoting a radical way in order to force Google to remove ads from the Discover feed. They think if done enough, their rebellious move could send a message to the company.

It involves completely disabling the Google Discover service from their devices until Google finally does something about it.

Disable Discover. If enough of us do it, Google will abandon the project like it has with so many in the past. It’s the only way they will listen.
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However, this is more of a radical solution to this problem. Since the majority is only dissatisfied with the number of ads, they can use an alternative workaround instead.

Potential workaround

The unhappy lot can consider using an ad-blocking application such as AdGuard to control or eliminate the number of ads they see.

Providing feedback and suggestions through customer support channels can also help. Hopefully, the Google Discover team notices the issue where excessive ads are being served to users and takes the criticism constructively.

While expecting a solution to this problem, you can use the potential workaround mentioned above. We’ll keep tabs on this matter and update this story to reflect noteworthy developments.

Featured Image: Google Discover

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