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Push notifications. Once someone is hooked on the site a notification can get them back into the dopamine feedback loop very easily. I think this is why restaur

by usrn 4y ago

Push notifications. Once someone is hooked on the site a notification can get them back into the dopamine feedback loop very easily. I think this is why restaurant chains have started giving people free food to install their apps too (along with all the data they can sell now.) I think smartphones would be much less popular if people understood why corporations love "apps" so much. It's nothing like the older PC world full of software more or less for its own sake.

sva_ 4y ago
> Push notifications. Do people not turn these off? When I get an unwanted notification, I immediately withdraw permissions to send notifications, or even uninstall the app
- OtmaneBenazzou 4y ago
  bold of you to assume that the average user knows how to disable anything on their phone
  - sva_ 4y ago
    I suppose you need to have some idea of how the system is structured to even consider turning certain "features" off.
  - doliveira 4y ago
    Kind of scary to imagine the experience of such an average user. "Evil" is not a bad word to describe the attitudes of such apps and services.
- pixl97 4y ago
  If your on HN you're already in a very filtered group that is less likely to be passive on abusive technology.