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Unrelated but I'd like take this opportunity to write that the "switch to our app" popup on the LinkedIn mobile site is super annoying. It shows up every time I
by harshulpandav 8y ago
Unrelated but I'd like take this opportunity to write that the "switch to our app" popup on the LinkedIn mobile site is super annoying. It shows up every time I open the site on mobile browser. On several occasions in attempts of closing the popup I've accidentally clicked on advertisements (Promoted posts) or 'liked' someone's post. And then you see more such promoted posts as they think you like them. If anyone from LinkedIn team is reading this - I do not want to install your app. Please store that flag in the cookie.
- avip 8y agoLi is aware. “Install our app” nag is by design, and is now part of the pantheon of user hostile web de-facto standards.
- ndnxhs 8y agoIts a typical user engagement trick. If you install the app then you have a constant advert on your home screen and they have the ability to constantly spam you with reengagement notifications
- saagarjha 8y agoAnd they get far more access to your information than they would in a browser.
- rapnie 8y agoPlus no opportunity to block ads + trackers, etc. in the embedded chromium-based browser.
- Rjevski 8y agoFirst thing I do when I click on a link on LinkedIn is to open the context/share menu and press “open in Safari”. Hopefully if enough people do this it will make it clear in their analytics that nobody wants their shitty knockoff browser. The worst is that it’s using deprecated APIs on iOS that make it several times slower than Safari.
- BigJono 8y agoYou have to wonder where the ethics are on the ground level. I understand that these decisions are made by management in virtually every case, but you still see these kind of dark patterns from places where every engineer is on $100k+ with plenty of leverage against their employer.
- kitsune_ 8y agoEvery UX specialist and software engineer I know would be up in arms if they saw such a story in the backlog. I wonder about the internal dynamics of these work places as well.
- RonanTheGrey 8y agoPeople will do just about anything if they are told they are "saving the world". Silicon Valley and its... companies.. fully believe they are God's gift to the planet. Pretty much anything can be subverted to such a point of view.
- rapnie 8y agoStrange. I never get this notification. Using Android + Firefox. But there a lot of subtle things missing or broken in the UI, to make the experience annoying.