There is a cross between development/marketing/revenue generation. I'm sure that the developer didn't want an app pop up, but they need to earn money and the current state of the app store really buries any app that costs money. It forces the developer to look for other ways of generating revenue. If the developer doesn't do it, maybe another one will.
Yes, you are absolutely right and that only makes the whole thing worse as more and more apps compete for the user's attention. They will do so more and more aggressively.
The purpose of building apps should alway be to make the user's life easier, not more miserable.
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There is a cross between development/marketing/revenue generation. I'm sure that the developer didn't want an app pop up, but they need to earn money and the current state of the app store really buries any app that costs money. It forces the developer to look for other ways of generating revenue. If the developer doesn't do it, maybe another one will.
Yes, you are absolutely right and that only makes the whole thing worse as more and more apps compete for the user's attention. They will do so more and more aggressively.
The purpose of building apps should alway be to make the user's life easier, not more miserable.