Uber recently launched its new advertising division and in-app
ads. Apparently, those ads aren't staying within the app.
Instead, ads from other companies are being sent out as push
notifications, much to the chagrin of some Uber users. Over the
weekend, people turned to Twitter to complain about the notifications,
sharing screenshots of ads, including one particularly popular (sic)
one from Peloton that Uber had sent out. One of the primary
complaints: notifications are being sent out when users aren't
engaging with the app.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/31/uber-tests-push-notifications-a-feature-literally-no-one-wants/
************************** Moderator's Note **************************
In my not-so-humble opinion, the Internet is quietly being
Gerrymandered from a peer-to-peer model into a one-way-only content
delivery system. The 30 Old White Men who run America were more than a
little frightened by the use of text messaging and peer-to-peer
cellphone-based aps to organize the January 6, 2021 riots in
Washington, D.C., and although they might have approved of - or
planned - the expected results, the widespread discontent with the
current political system which followed has them on edge - and
probably worried about how influencers and commentators and even aged
Vietnam veterans like me express thoughts that might knock their
proverbial pig off his fictional ladder before they've finished
changing the rules again.
Bill Horne
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