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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by ornornor on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:08PM (#27667236)
I suspect it’s all that and their metrics show that mobile users are the most “engaged” so they want more mobile users to have an even higher count of engaged users. Also, it’s harder to spam notifications without a mobile app.
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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by throwaway894345 on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:20PM (#27667460)
They deliberately make their mobile web experience awful, so I don’t think that’s why (how can you trust a metric that you’re deliberately sabotaging?). I suspect mobile apps just allow for more data collection than web apps.
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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by busterarm on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:25PM (#27667540)
I think it's time for lawmakers to start drafting up an "engagement tax" and start penalizing companies for demanding peoples' attention.
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