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gschizasyesterday at 9:45 AM3 repliesview on HN

Android 15/16 does allow you to control notifications even lower, at the level of notification category, but indeed the app must have chosen to use them.


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tgsovlerkhgselyesterday at 10:34 AM

Most apps that are in need of notification control either:

a) bundle everything in one category, from critical notifications without which the app can't fulfill its purpose to "HEY YOU HAVEN'T USED ME IN A DAY, USE ME NOW" spam

b) create a new category for spam every time they feel enough users have turned off the previous one, which is often

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wolvoleoyesterday at 10:15 AM

Yeah the problem is a lot of apps dump their ads in the wrong category if they even use categories :(

g947oyesterday at 11:46 AM

OEMs like Samsung turn off that ability by default unless you toggle it in "advanced settings". Thank you Samsung!