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Sadly this is probably a business decision and not a user experience decision. If I know I'm going to have my website there every time you tap to your homescree
by jiggy2011 14y ago
Sadly this is probably a business decision and not a user experience decision. If I know I'm going to have my website there every time you tap to your homescreen or do a search on your phone I know that I'm probably more likely to convert you.
- artursapek 14y agoUsers aren't going to convert because they want to do you a favor. These "download our app" prompts feel like a beg for a favor.
- Evbn 14y agoYou underestimate the gullible sheepishness of mass media consumers.
- artursapek 14y agoYou overestimate the commitment, and therefore value, of mass media consumers.
- learn 14y agoIt feels like a man in a suit with a handful of money asking me to do a favor for him, but he keeps his handful of money.
- rhizome 14y agoFor as long as interstitial and modal app-begging has been going on, I've wondered if they're measuring their bounce rates. Something tells me maybe the people in charge of the business decision are the same people reporting the technique's efficacy, and they're hiding the numbers that would get the plug pulled on this garbage.