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		zamadatix on May 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A fourteen-day free trial ain’t gonna cut it Uber goes nuts with offer notifications until you find the page to turn ALL of them off (quite a few, and broken out by category like Uber Eats vs Uber). The overall app is good enough, it's just a unfortunately spammy. As a ridiculous example: I took an Uber from an office to the Indianapolis airport then an Uber from the Dallas airport to a hotel for the night. As I'm winding down for the night I get a notification from Uber: "Need a ride back to ${indianapolisOffice}?".

robocat on May 7, 2024 | [–]

I install Uber to use it when I need it because I only need it occasionally, and I deinstall it after I've used it. Solves spam and prvacy issues.

eszed on May 6, 2024 | [–]

Oh, thank you! I just turned all of those off, and am looking forward to fewer emails and push notifications.

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