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Have you ever tried to make a business out of selling an app online or in an app store? How did you get users?

I definitely don't agree with "tons" of e-mails but a few promotional emails is understandable. I also don't agree with the tactics used in the article, to be clear.

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Why is the company's inability to get users my problem? Those emails get flagged and placed in spam, where they belong? Spam is never "understandable". Get an (explicit, non-dark-pattern) opt in or you're spam.

Do you consider signing up to use an app with your email opt-in?

Absolutely not. I flag those as spam.

Unless it's an email notification from the service because of an action someone took... those are okay but I'd prefer them to be off-by-default.

I just use a spare domain as a catchall in the form of "servicename@domain.com" then ban that address if it gets too chatty.

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