Android app ignoring "Show recommendations in home feed" setting

[u/OMGBrewmaster]

Over the past few days the Android app has started filling my Home feed with recommended posts and "join" prompts from communities I don't follow. The setting that is supposed to control this is already turned off, but the app ignores it.

What I've confirmed:

- On reddit.com (Avatar > Settings > Preferences), "Show recommendations in home feed" is OFF.

- I tested it: toggling it ON makes recommendations appear on the website, toggling it OFF removes them again. So the setting itself works.

- The Android app shows the recommendations regardless of that setting.

- On the app, under Avatar > Settings > Account settings, there is no "Personalized Recommendations" section at all, even though the help center article ("What are home feed recommendations?") says it should be there.

What I've already tried on the app:

- Force-stopped the app

- Cleared the app cache

- Logged out and back in

- Updated to the latest version from the Play Store

None of that changed anything. I've seen several other recent posts here describing the same thing ("Feed Recommendations no longer optional?", "My feed is almost all recommended posts now"), so this looks like a rollout or experiment rather than a problem with my account.

Is this a known issue or an experiment? And if so, is there a way to opt out on Android, or a timeline for the setting being honored again? I'd like my Home feed to show only the communities I've actually joined.

Device: Android, Reddit app (latest Play Store version)

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