The answer: tech bros dictating that they need more “engagement” e.g. they need to collect more data so they can either sell said data or get acquired. I guarantee you very few mobile developers want to send you a notification of any sort, much less “why haven’t you used the app.”

[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 46 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I wish I could murder engagement driven design with a hammer.

[–] MinFapper@startrek.website 9 points 3 months ago

To quote the other comment in this thread: "just use Fdroid". No engagement driven design there.

https://lemmy.ml/comment/13716423

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

I wish they estimated how fucking annoying their interventions were. Like you might be boosting clicks per minute in the short term, but it's going to go down to zero after a week when I get fed up — when Netflix started auto playing videos, I threw my TV out the window.

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 3 months ago

You're not alone.