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I only regret that I have but one app to delete

therealdrag0 10y ago
Does anyone know if apps get a chance to phone home about their deletion? Is the owner going to see a specific stat about this action?
- zuck9 10y ago
  They can definitely see the stats for when users click the "Delete Account" button. Also they can see the usage metrics drop for existing consumers, who have not deleted their accounts but have simply deleted the app.
- bharath28 10y ago
  iOS has no documented event for apps to be notified when an app is deleted. I assume it is the same in Android.
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- johneth 10y ago
  I imagine quite a lot who were motivated enough to delete the app because of this would also delete their Uber account. As I understand it (I've never had an Uber account) there's an optional feedback thing where you can say why you're deleting the account.
gremlinsinc 10y ago
just keep installing/deleting it repeatedly.
- bharath28 10y ago
  Theoretically, you can also keep allowing Push Notification permission every time you install and then delete. This will cause the number of push tokens (unique per device per install) they see to increase. There are ways to overcome this of course - they might have a routine to send silent push notifications at regular intervals to test for this and purge inactive ones or retire extremely old tokens. Just a lot of housekeeping. P.S: Not posting to incite any malicious behavior - just issues i've seen with trying to count "unique" installs for mobile apps. Edit:typo
- crispyambulance 10y ago
  That will do nothing. What you want to do is delete your account after logging into the UBER website. That is permanent, but it does allow you enter a reason why you are deleting the account. In this case, I suppose thousands of people entered "Susan Fowler" as the reason. It sends a message. Whether the company is destined to become a shadow of itself before it understands the message is another question.
  - jlgaddis 10y ago
    Exactly. I suspect a lot of people who deleted the Uber app (quick and easy) never bothered to subsequently log in and go through the process of actually deleting their account. In fact, many likely assumed (incorrectly) that deleting the app deleted their account as well.
DanHulton 10y ago
What about Uber Eats? I got to delete two apps, myself.

Does anyone know if apps get a chance to phone home about their deletion? Is the owner going to see a specific stat about this action?

zuck9 10y ago
They can definitely see the stats for when users click the "Delete Account" button. Also they can see the usage metrics drop for existing consumers, who have not deleted their accounts but have simply deleted the app.
bharath28 10y ago
iOS has no documented event for apps to be notified when an app is deleted. I assume it is the same in Android.
- deleted 10y ago
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johneth 10y ago
I imagine quite a lot who were motivated enough to delete the app because of this would also delete their Uber account. As I understand it (I've never had an Uber account) there's an optional feedback thing where you can say why you're deleting the account.

gremlinsinc 10y ago

just keep installing/deleting it repeatedly.

bharath28 10y ago
Theoretically, you can also keep allowing Push Notification permission every time you install and then delete. This will cause the number of push tokens (unique per device per install) they see to increase. There are ways to overcome this of course - they might have a routine to send silent push notifications at regular intervals to test for this and purge inactive ones or retire extremely old tokens. Just a lot of housekeeping. P.S: Not posting to incite any malicious behavior - just issues i've seen with trying to count "unique" installs for mobile apps. Edit:typo
crispyambulance 10y ago
That will do nothing. What you want to do is delete your account after logging into the UBER website. That is permanent, but it does allow you enter a reason why you are deleting the account. In this case, I suppose thousands of people entered "Susan Fowler" as the reason. It sends a message. Whether the company is destined to become a shadow of itself before it understands the message is another question.
- jlgaddis 10y ago
  Exactly. I suspect a lot of people who deleted the Uber app (quick and easy) never bothered to subsequently log in and go through the process of actually deleting their account. In fact, many likely assumed (incorrectly) that deleting the app deleted their account as well.

DanHulton 10y ago

What about Uber Eats? I got to delete two apps, myself.