News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native. Parent comment

Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by npo9 on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:05PM (#22183757)
> Do you think you represent most people?

I've seen poor push notification quality increase uninstall and churn rates. I think the lesson is that many people are quickly annoyed with push notifications.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by zapzupnz on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @03:17PM (#22185331)
I think that's inaccurate. There are plenty of push notifications that don't annoy people, that are often the primary basis for how people interact with certain apps — Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Slack, Discord, etc.

Let's not assume that all push notifications are cynical attempts to get people engaged with the app or to push DLC. For things like mail, messaging, and plenty of other online services, push notifications are not just an important interface to the app; they can be the interface.

[ Parent | on HN ]