app-quits
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app quits are public statements by individuals announcing they have publicly quit using (and uninstalled/deleted) specific (often "native mobile") apps (typically silo owned or created) either with intended permanence, or temporarily.
Statements of intent
Kyle Mahan
Kyle Mahan “that much closer to taking instagram and twitter apps off my phone \o/”[1]
- now primarily using Feedbin for reading, with subscriptions to twitter-atom and instagram-atom.
- added a tiny bit of code to Red Wind that uses Pushover to send real time push notifications when webmentions are received.
2017
Ben Werdmuller
2017-01-03: Facebook and Twitter mobile apps: http://werd.io/2017/best-thing-ive-done-so-far-in-2017-delete-both
Best thing I've done so far in 2017: delete both Facebook and Twitter from my phone. Kindle and News promoted to top spots instead.
Chris Aldrich
2017-12-07: removed Twitter app and notifications from phone: http://boffosocko.com/2017/12/07/i-just-deleted-twitter-off-of-my-phone/
In particular, leaving behind a lot of the toxic content makes me feel lighter and happier already.
2011
Tantek
2011-02-16: Facebook mobile app:
- Facebook Auto-Posts Application "installed" Activities But Not "deletes" Or: A 420 Limit Makes Me Blog
Such UI pollution (trivially encountered at that - if it's that obviously buggy, I can't trust it as a client app) was sufficiently offensive to make me delete the entire app.