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Re:Reddit experiments on users, forcing them to install app ... by pixl97 on Monday June 12, 2023 @09:05AM (#36292797)
You can do push notifications to the app and gamify them opening up and reading again. FB was the masters of doing this.
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Re:Reddit experiments on users, forcing them to install app ... by jeltz on Monday June 12, 2023 @09:15AM (#36292915)
I have uninstalled several apps that I actually wanted to use due to trying to do this. I feel you probably increase engagement of the users who stay at the cost of scaring away a whole bunch of other users. I have for example uninstalled the FB app and only user their website.
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Re:Reddit experiments on users, forcing them to install app ... by paulmd on Monday June 12, 2023 @12:22PM (#36296057)
> I have for example uninstalled the FB app and only user their website.

Well, that is why Facebook and others are pushing to "allow alternative app stores" on iphone. Getting past the app-review process means the dark patterns and data mining can get way more noxious, and at that point they just do like reddit and kill the mobile experience. No, no phones allowed on the website, we have a native app for that.

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