[taude]

Isn't the value from the number of installs of a app or the number of times someone paid for the app? Unless they started using notifications to send me ads....which with 100% certainty cause me to uninstall the app (if such a practice is even allowed).

[gurkendoktor]

Sadly, push message spam is legal on iOS too. Of course you can disable notifications per-app or not allow the app to send them in the first place. But uninstalling the app is easier and The Right Thing :)

[fyi80]

Spamming ads to the notification bar is a popular technique on Android. Zynga loves to do it, as do others.

[yareally]

Short of blocking them with a host file addition after finding the adhost, one can block notifications for individual apps via the app info (hold press on notification and select app info).

Must be on Android 4.1+ I believe though. I dont think ICS had it. There's also a bug in blocking notifications for 4.1 that inadvertently blocked Toast messages within apps as well, but it was fixed on 4.2. Just something to be aware of if you go blocking them and a developer was not aware enough to avoid putting important info in Toasts.

[taude]

Guess I've been pretty fortunate because I haven't seen this.