Comment by yreg

7 years ago

Would you uninstall Uber if they sent you a coupon via push notification?

I've uninstalled lots of apps when they've sent coupons via notifications. Notifications are to notify me about things I need to act on. They are not a marketing channel. So, yes.

  • If you had the option to block the marketing notifications but still receive the important ones, would you do that?

    • That depends. A business that uses notifications for marketing isn't one I want to do business with. If there's a decent competitor I'll switch. If there isn't then I'll decide to begrudgingly put up with it (and probably complain a bit on social media) or to do without it.

      So far I've never put up with it and always either switched to a competitor or abandoned the whole thing.

While I got no uber - totally. The taxi service I use sends stuff (receipts mostly) to email - it works well.