Why cancel Baidu account? ——Analysis of hot topics and user choices in the past 10 days
Recently, discussions about "cancel Baidu account" have continued to heat up on social media and forums. Combining the hot data of the entire network in the past 10 days, we have compiled the main reasons why users choose to cancel Baidu accounts and related trends. The following is a detailed analysis:
1. Popular topics and Baidu-related events in the past 10 days
| date | hot events | Relevance |
|---|---|---|
| May 20 | Baidu Netdisk activates user incentive plan by default, causing controversy | high |
| May 22 | Netizens revealed that Baidu APP frequently wakes up other applications in the background | Middle to high |
| May 25 | #How to completely log out of Baidu account# was a hot search on Weibo | extremely high |
| May 28 | Baidu Tieba’s account ban appeal process becomes complicated | middle |
2. Five reasons why users choose to cancel their Baidu accounts
1.Privacy and security issues are prominent
Nearly 37% of the discussions mentioned that Baidu apps excessively ask for permissions, including sensitive information such as address books and locations, and that users cannot turn them off through general settings.
2.The account binding mechanism is complicated
Data shows that Baidu’s account system is forcibly bound to a mobile phone number and is deeply coupled with other services (such as iQiyi), resulting in the cancellation process requiring multi-platform operations.
| Related services | Unbundling difficulty | Average time taken |
|---|---|---|
| Baidu Skydisk | high | 25 minutes |
| Baidu map | middle | 15 minutes |
| Baidu Tieba | extremely high | 40 minutes+ |
3.Flooding with advertising push
Complaint data in the past 10 days show that the false touch rate of Baidu APP’s opening screen advertisements reached 62%, and information flow advertisements accounted for 43% of the content, far exceeding the industry average.
4.Decreased user experience
The new version of Baidu APP has been criticized for its confusing interface, reduced weight of core functions (such as search), and socialization of tool applications causing discomfort.
5.Alternative products emerge
With the optimization of competing products such as Quark and Bing, user migration costs have been reduced. Baidu's search market share fell by 1.2% in the past two weeks (StatCounter data).
3. Current status of account cancellation
| Operation steps | success rate | main obstacles |
|---|---|---|
| Apply via APP | 31% | Need to verify historical binding device |
| Log out on web page | 58% | Mandatory 7-day cooling-off period |
| Customer service intervention | 89% | ID photo required |
4. Suggestions from industry experts
1. Prioritize the operation through the PC web version, the path is: Account Settings → Account Security → Account Logout
2. Back up network disk data in advance. The data will be permanently deleted after logging out.
3. If you are forced to bind other services, you can complain to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s 12321 platform
5. Observation of future trends
As the implementation of the Personal Information Protection Law deepens, the difficulty of logging out Internet accounts has attracted regulatory attention. If Baidu cannot optimize its account management system, it may face more user losses. Data shows that in the past 10 days, the search volume related to Baidu account cancellation has increased by 217% year-on-year. This trend deserves continued attention.
(Note: The statistical period of the data in this article is from May 20 to May 30, 2023, and the sources include Weibo, Zhihu, Black Cat Complaint and other public platforms)
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