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by nomilk 1480 days ago
Useless notifications is a super dangerous game to play, since one lame "McDonalds has 25% off" *cough: Uber Eats* results in notifications being turned off and poorer outcomes for all parties from that moment on.
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They are relying on 90% of people not knowing how to get to the notification settings. It's not dangerous, it's A/B tested...
guess im in the 10% of customers they lost. i know how to change settings but still easier to uninstall.
Yes. Especially since the most useless ones seem to come when I’m driving.