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    1 day ago

    A Motorola Razr 60 Ultra user on Reddit was the first to notice this behavior, using an ADB log to show that the launcher is directing users to a URL instead of the Amazon app they expected to open. It traces back to the Smart Feed app, one of the apps Motorola has pre-loaded on many of its phones including the latest Razr (2026) family of foldables. A network log also shows the device making requests to “devicenative.com,” a website for a service that places ads on smartphones (and isn’t too quiet about its integration with Motorola).

    So basically, it’s a Motorola developed app that comes stock with their phones. That’s wild. It also has to be illegal (since it’s Motorola injecting their own affiliate link when you buy one of their products on Amazon, which has to be some kind of fraud).