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As soon as I see one violation, I turn off the notification permission altogether. For example the Amazon shopping app can't send me notifications.





Same I think I denied the wallet app the ability to notify me after this ad. It’s so ingrained in me that I don’t think about it anymore… if I see an add in a notification I just immediately swipe, settings, turn off

I'm at the point where literally only the messages, clock, and maps apps can send me notifications.

That is an awesome idea! To send ads from messages app.


Why not just use the mobile website then? An app icon is itself equivalent to having a billboard on your homescreen. What is the app providing besides notifications that necessitates its use?

Mobile websites are often either non existent or work far worse than the app.

In the case of Uber, they actually have a very deeply developed webapp.

Thank you! You just saved me 700 MB of storage + whatever privacy violations the app was enabling.

I haven't found this to be true for any app that just shows text and images.



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