Either I'm doing something right in settings or just not downloading too much garbage apps but I really don't get too many ads in searches. It's just a normal google search.
The most annoying ad thing now is youtube that forces me to watch ads or it blocks the video.
The example I use is dated however I have noticed it to a lesser extent in chrome. When I was working in wireless I won some mid range HTC phone, it was small and cute, had a nice bright and colorful screen for what they were at the time. I only used it for work email, never logged into my personal email or google account. I created a google account simply to use the phone. One day while listening to Howard Stern he was talking about a squatty potty and I just couldn’t imagine what it was. I knew it was a real product not some porn thing so I checked out the website with the HTC, fine it was basically an oval shaped foot stool to put around the toilet, okay I got it. That’s all I did.
Later that day and thru the next day I get bombarded with ads and they were all low brow type ads such as “squatty potty is 35% off today only! Or Still Shopping for a Squatty Potty click here”. Sort of creepy for the time.
On the third day I synch it to my home WiFi and then I start seeing squatty potty ads on my personal computer which has never logged into my work email or anything else company related except it held a contact backup of my blackberry. Then I start to get junk emails about squatty potties and finally my blackberry browser which I barely used started getting squatty potty ads.
Admitted maybe I clicked on an email accidentally or something else but that’s creepy stuff. The ad was following me everywhere from one search.
I am sure ad tracking behaves better today, however I don’t see ads jumping from my mobile devices to my desktop since I keep the user ids separate. The was google wants everything linked is easy to screw up. Also as mentioned I just don’t like the look & feel of android.