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Unavoidable in-app promotional messages

🌱 parentingproduct problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 2/5

A Life360 user reports being unable to opt out of persistent in-app spam or promotional messages.

Who's affected: A Life360 app user.

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

What people do today

πŸ”§ Fix this

Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A browser extension or app overlay that filters specific UI elements identified as promotional content.
  2. A community-driven database that tracks and publishes opt-out procedures for specific apps.
  3. A policy proposal requiring apps to provide a clear, centralized 'opt-out of marketing' toggle in settings.
I want to build this

Real voices

β€œWhy all the in app spam messages that I can not opt out of?”

Source: App Store review: life360

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