Sync is back on the Play Store, but it's not a third-party Reddit app anymore
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Objectively, ads are not spyware, that's a fact.
Well, don't use the word if you don't know what it means. Sure, ads by its nature are not ads. But ads that track you are spyware.
Objectively, Google is not a spyware either, thats a fact regardless of your opinion.
Google Play Services are a spyware, they track so many things about you.
I don't understand what the rest of your comment refers to.