That's impossible. The Play Store app doesn't care about Sync's cache. That was simply coincidence.

Cleaning the Play Store app's cache on the other hand might help.

It's also well known that so called anti-virus software is doing crazy shit on your machine and is actually opening it up for many exploits.

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What an absolute bullshit of an explanation. I hate this. Just be honest and say it's not worth it.

Settings shortcut: Privacy > Revoke GDPR consent for ads

For me, everything was disabled once I opened the dialog options. Legitimate interest was still enabled, but that's compliant to the GDPR.

I've noticed that no ads are shown when you disable all tracking and reject cookies. Might be EU only though.

Where is the option to pay once? I can't find it.

You don't want the developer to earn any money?

If that is your stance, then there is literally zero privacy anymore. Zilch.

If I'm walking down the street and somebody marks that one person walked down the street, does that invade my privacy?

In that case, how does the concept of privacy even matter anymore? There is none, and there never will be.

degree centigrade

Or, as it's called in the rest of the world, degree Celsius.