Permission prompts that quietly end the onboarding path

Many onboarding funnels collapse notification or location prompts into a single “permissions” step. That hides which prompt actually ends the session.

Split the path. Give each system dialog its own event, then measure continue rates after accept and after deny. A deny that still reaches activation is different from a deny that ends the session within thirty seconds.

Value before ask still matters. If the previous screen never showed why the permission helps the next action, expect exits even when the dialog copy is polite.

When we map first-run sequences for Thai market apps, we also note network conditions on first open — permission dialogs stacked on a slow network compound the leave rate.

Fix order is usually: move the ask later, clarify the benefit one screen earlier, then test softer fallbacks for people who deny.