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by justinl33 899 days ago
I think this was covered: > Another challenge is that irrelevant or unwelcomed pushes risk having the user disable notifications, uninstall apps, or start ignoring them due to low usefulness > most recommendation engines take a myopic view, over-optimizing on immediate user responses at the cost of long-term satisfaction.
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It’s “covered” in that they write this and then immediately dive into an example where I buy a phone and start receiving push notification advertisements for buying cases. Do you think an app is going to ask me if I express interest in “related offers” or just start sending them unsolicited?
I think it undersells how rage inducing pointless pushes are. Like you are barely, tangentially connected to this and I already personally despise you