Those ads are probably displayed by google's launcher, you can easily disable it from adb and use any other launcher you like. I personally use FLauncher, I love how simple it is, I don't need anything else
starfennec
Same here, one other improvement I would recommend is remapping the Netflix button to something less annoying/more useful in case you press it accidentally. If you have Hue lights, you could make it toggle your lights with this app for example.
Night in the woods
Welcome to kbin
Probably tracking, Spotify urls have included this for a while now.
The value seems to be different every time you share something so it must include a timestamp.
I always remove this part of urls before sharing them because they could potentially help identify you on any other website where you paste it.
Rival Consoles
Haha I didn't know, that makes a lot of sense then
Sounds like Refused
Okay, seems to be related to posting images instead of links. My links posted to other instances are displayed everywhere, my image posts only appear on kbin.
Plants / gardening: you can multiply plants and get seeds for little or no cost.