Comment by colordrops

Look into it rather than speaking out of ignorance.

There are several ways to block ads on Android. First and most-important, with a de-googled OS like Lineage or /e, the built-in tracking functionality just isn't there.

To blame the OS for an app spying on you is like saying Firefox is spying on you for Google because a webpage has a google tracker in it. Nonsense. An app is not the same as the OS. You can just not install the app like you would not visit the page.

But even then, open source android has many ways to block ads if you do want to install shitty apps that track you.

- The AdAway app that uses host file updates

- App Warden, which actually disables tracking libraries in apps

- LineageOS has the ability to turn off network access for apps that don't need them

- AFWall+ for app-level firewall rules.

The OS is absolutely not spying on you and actually gives you tools to stop spying. You can't say this AT ALL about Apple or vanilla Google Android.