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Lock Screen Ads Are Coming to Some Smartphones

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Lock Screen Ads Are Coming to Some Smartphones

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Lock screen ads are a popular way for mid- and low-budget smartphone makers to subsidize costs, but Americans have largely been able to avoid them until now. Get ready for that to change.

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It seems to have been tried, with seemingly mixed results:

https://cyberpanel.net/blog/run-android-apps-on-linux

https://www.reddit.com/r/PrivacyGuides/comments/11llyo8/do_any_linux_phones_have_access_to_apple_app/

The general consensus seems to be that the phones are largely still in beta and not really suitable for mainstream use yet.
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