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Re:Performance These Days by Razengan on Friday April 22, 2016 @06:11AM (#11548119)
A little sidetrack here: As a user, I absolutely hate apps that require me to sign-up, especially if it requires email verification. It's an instant uninstall from me, no matter how compelling the app may otherwise be.

Developers, what is it that you absolutely cannot offer the user without forcing them to register? If it's personalization, then store it on the user's device or iCloud or something similar, or say, generate a random ID number on first-run and inform the user to save it if they want to transfer/restore their preferences in the future.

ANYthing other than this deliberate speedbump which only decreases the total amount of users you would have.

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Re:Performance These Days by bobwaycott on Friday April 22, 2016 @06:12PM (#11552903)
Absolutely this. I've become completely unforgiving on this, especially with mobile apps. I am far too frequently left wondering if the devs—or, more likely, their managers—missed the part of the documentation that allows them to easily store data on my device for their app to use.
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