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Re:Amazon Closing AmazonSmile by snuxoll on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @08:12PM (#34435476)
They wanted you to turn on push on mobile so they could pollute your Lock Screen with ads. I did it and promptly set iOS to deliver them silently because it got really annoying, but it was an easy way for the EFF to get some money from purchases I was making anyway.
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Re:Amazon Closing AmazonSmile by deelowe on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @08:15PM (#34435506)
I'm honestly surprised smile went on for as long as it did. It always seemed so out of character for Amazon.
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Re:Amazon Closing AmazonSmile by __blockcipher__ on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @09:25PM (#34436013)
It was also in this weird spot where they wanted to use it for PR but simultaneously wanted to shove it beneath the floorboards so people won’t mass adopt it.
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Re:Amazon Closing AmazonSmile by mgarfias on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @08:13PM (#34435488)
Yep, i was pretty pissed when they started that
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Re:Amazon Closing AmazonSmile by crazysim on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @09:48PM (#34436153)
On android they did the asshole thing and detected if the notifications were disabled and turned off smile. No ios hiding the true notification state there.
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