Change the app status

must also be easy to imagine that each Android smartphone is costing at least one polar bear its icy home. If not, then try to guilt-trip your friends with that idea... just for the fun of it. Apart from general Google apps settings, there are other settings within each Google app that help to keep tabs on you. For example, the Chrome browser will automatically transmit each Web address that you visit to Google servers, of course, for malware and fraud prevention. Well, I built my own browser. You can, however, use the Firefox for Android app, as it is totally free and open source software (FOSS). The app settings screen has several columns - Downloaded, Running, All and Disabled. Many Google apps as well as manufacturer bloatware hide in the All column. Take some time to study or research these apps. If you know what you are doing, you can stop and disable many of them permanently. Be sure not to disable important system apps or anything you might need.