SaaS Forces Mobile App Download to Delete User Account
A user reports being forced to download Asana's mobile app in order to delete their account, rather than being able to do so from the web. This app-gating of a basic account-management action reflects a broader dark pattern where account deletion is made deliberately harder than signup.
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