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by onion2k 2297 days ago
I'd still uninstall the app.
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Would you uninstall Uber if they sent you a coupon via push notification?
I've uninstalled lots of apps when they've sent coupons via notifications. Notifications are to notify me about things I need to act on. They are not a marketing channel. So, yes.
If you had the option to block the marketing notifications but still receive the important ones, would you do that?
That depends. A business that uses notifications for marketing isn't one I want to do business with. If there's a decent competitor I'll switch. If there isn't then I'll decide to begrudgingly put up with it (and probably complain a bit on social media) or to do without it.

So far I've never put up with it and always either switched to a competitor or abandoned the whole thing.

As long as this option is presented before attempting to display any push ads, and not after.
If I could set the default for all apps to "block ad notifications", then yes.
While I got no uber - totally. The taxi service I use sends stuff (receipts mostly) to email - it works well.
Don't have it installed in the first place. Why feed Uber any business at all? It's a trash company.
Does your app provide real world value like ubers or is it just Tinder for Dogs?