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pclyesterday at 9:14 PM5 repliesview on HN

For me, it's quite straightforward. If an app makes an unsolicited spammy push, it's notifications-off. No exceptions.


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dylan604yesterday at 9:34 PM

Snapchat has to be the all time worst offender to me about abusive level of notifications. Luckily, you can turn them off, but holy cow batman, that's a lot of notification options to deal with.

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Esophagus4yesterday at 10:16 PM

Yes. I’d rather live with the temporary inconvenience of needing to open the Uber app to check the status of my ride once a month than wade through notification spam on an intermittent basis forever.

tiew9Viitoday at 4:08 AM

Agreed, there’s a level of trust and as soon as the app breaks that trust with spam, notifications get turned off for that app.

conductrtoday at 8:28 AM

I just refuse to grant permission as my default. If I ever feel like I’m missing out, I can turn it on later. Usually I don’t and if I do I quickly regret it.

Gigachadtoday at 12:49 AM

Has been like this on my phone for a while. It's crazy when you see someone who hasn't blocked everything and their phone dings multiple times a minute.