Uber's Apps are so shit when it comes to that. I can rarely recall a time when I opened the app and closed it without finding anything useful and it didn't send me a notification within minutes.
Indeed. I still use Uber from time to time and don't want to have to wait around reinstalling it, so I took the time to go through the settings and disable this crap. The Uber eats app got the boot, though. I only ever used it like twice anyway.
I have the Uber Eats app installed and I don't receive unwanted notifications. I think I only enabled the channel for notifications on a current order, and I don't get anything else.
Maybe they are more careful because I'm in the EU?
I install it when necessary on trips and once I land at SFO I just delete it. During that time it generally sends me 2-3 unwanted notifications but there's not much I can do about that except grumble.
Instacart was abusing push notifications with advertising. I disabled their notifications and forced them to use SMS. They haven't sent me any ads that way, because SMS would cost them a trivial but non-zero amount.