[josephg]

The reaction is that people disable notifications. Only, it’s really hard to get data on this as a publisher. You just, silently, get decreasing click-through rates on subsequent messages.

“This app would like to send you push notifications!” -> Deny. “It’s just for (legitimate reason)!” Fine. “And marketing!” -> Uninstall app. “Are you sure?” - I’ve never been more sure in my life.

There’s a setting in chrome & Firefox to block websites from even being able to ask for the ability to send notifications. It’s one of the first things I set when I setup a new computer.

[eastbound]

I literally subscribed a professional software for accounting ($400pm). In it, there is a chatbot. It’s horrible enough.

The chatbot popped out an ad. What do people think, we’re on Netflix?