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Instacart User Frustrated by Conflicting Notification Settings

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] ·

Instacart sent an email to a user stating they had inadvertently enabled SMS notifications and were now disabling them. The user, however, claims they had turned the notifications on themselves because Instacart had previously turned them off. The user expressed frustration with the company's development team and their practices. AI

RANK_REASON User complaint about a product feature, not a significant industry event.

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Instacart User Frustrated by Conflicting Notification Settings

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User complaint about a product feature, not a significant industry event.
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11 days old
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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Email from Instacart: "We inadvertently turned SMS notifications on for your account and we're letting you know that we are turning them off now." Me: I turned

    Email from Instacart: "We inadvertently turned SMS notifications on for your account and we're letting you know that we are turning them off now." Me: I turned them on because you fucking turned them off, you numpty. I go to check and the notifications are still on. What do these…

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