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[–] 185 points 8 months ago (19 children)

This type of bs is exactly why none of my apps are allowed to send me notifications.

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  • [–] 70 points 8 months ago (12 children)

    To be fair, many list apps are also reminder apps.

    The real tragedy of this story is that he likely can't use the back of a receipt anymore because they're all covered in advertisements

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    [–] 102 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Notifications are the way an app reminds me it needs to be immediately uninstalled.

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  • [–] 84 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    Apps on my phone have a one-strike rule: the moment they send me an ad or otherwise annoy me, notifications are disabled and I reevaluate whether I need that app installed in the first place.

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  • [–] 43 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

    The best part is when they purposely use only one notification channel, so you either have to disable all of them or none of them. And it's not because they don't know you can make multiple channels, nope, it's because some product manager figured out there's a higher rate of delivery for marketing notifications if they don't let users have fine-grained control. Metrics above all else 👑

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  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    (Read this in a David Attenborough voice)

    And here, we see the product manager in its natural habitat, the office boardroom. Although dark and desolate, it provides the product manager with one its most critical resources: the whiteboard. The average product manager goes through two whiteboards every meeting, and this one is no exception. Thankfully, it is well-prepared for the quarterly meeting, having found a boardroom with four whole whiteboards.

    But, not all is perfect for this product manager. The natural enemy of the product manager—the project manager—has sensed activity in the boardroom. In their natural habitat, it's a constant struggle between product manager and project manager. A fight between metrics: user, or developer. Luckily for our product manager, it's not its first encounter with a project manager.

    The intruding project manager takes a sip of its coffee, demanding a higher share of the metrics for its lines of code. A notification channel is 6 extra lines, and that can make the life-or-death difference between the project manager's quarterly bonus. Our product manager is unwavering, however. It has dealt with this project manager before, and it knows just how to drive it away. The product manager raises itself up and puffs out its chest, trying to scare away the project manager by marking it's territory with click-through rates and loudly mentioning the CEO.

    The product manager's strategy worked. At the mention of Steve, the intruding project manager turned pale and scurried away. The product manager is safe for another day in the office.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Android switched to not allowing apps to notify you without asking first. Dunno why they didn't do it sooner.

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  • [–] 26 points 8 months ago*

    It ends up being initially "Yes I want my app to notify me about important updates" but then the app abuses its notification privilege to start spamming you. I want my banking app to notify me when I get paid and when bills clear. I don't want my banking app to tell me about a new low interest rate I can secure on a loan.

    The app at least had granular notification settings I could go in and change, but then it ends up being a periodic battle of attrition against changes to the granular notifications that are always opted in by default every time they add a new category. I turn off "offers and promotions" in an app but now it offers "recommended deals" or some garbage.

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    [–] 79 points 8 months ago (9 children)
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    [–] 42 points 8 months ago (12 children)

    When it asks for permission for notifications just say no instead of being that person who just presses yes/ok to everything that ever pops up.

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  • [–] 34 points 8 months ago (10 children)

    This is how I feel about autocorrect changing words completely...

    I'm sorry are you seriously tyring to tell me what I meant to say!? I said what I meant to say you arrogant fuck!

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 8 months ago* (7 children)

    Seriously. I know when to use it's vs its. If I meant to type we're instead of were, I would have. Stop it!

    I wish I could dial it back without turning it off completely.

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  • [–] [S] 23 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    I hope you can be free of it one day. I'm 4 months into Linux now and have not looked back. I was fortunate enough to not need any windows-exclusive apps.

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  • [–] 25 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    People…don’t just uninstall the apps when they do this. Go leave a 1-star review in whichever app store you use, and say it’s because of these nagging notifications. 1-star reviews are the weapon with which people can punish poorly behaving devs.

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    [–] 25 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Just don't approve the notifications permission

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    [–] 24 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    LPT: If you remove any and all notifications, including from social media and messages, your life is a lot less stressful. I did it and I really enjoy. I'm not live text answering anyone, if it's urgent call me.

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    [–] 19 points 8 months ago*

    The worst is when you want to uninstall an app on your computer and it straight up starts GUILT TRIPPING YOU. Motherfucker, you're just making me MORE likely to uninstall your shit and never return. I'm 31. I don't have time for this crap, and I definitely do not have time to be given a "please don't go 🥺" by a bunch of lines of code.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    most people are actually fine with this. the "i dont care" the "i dont have anything to hide" the "man i wish i could do something about the ads, oh well" crowd. eventually we have let big tech grow on us, and we have encouraged the beast the bite us as he pleases.

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    [–] 17 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    That's probably what life is like now for people who don't get all their phone apps from f-droid.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I like this. Really drives home robot slavery which has been my dream for awhile. I really just need a house keeping robot. I dont need to fuck it or anything. Just all housework and repairs.

    Basically a Mr. Handy! Name is sus I know, but Fallout fans will know

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    [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    The ones that irritate me are to do list apps. I need checkboxes to tick off so I don't forget shit. I don't need you insinuating yourself into my life beyond that. You do not need my email address.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    I can't remember the last time I got a notification from an app. The second that shit happens I either disable or uninstall.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    I used FilterBox to block spammy notifications.

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    [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    I’m like most people the people here….if an app doesn’t have an easy and obvious way to disable notifications on installation…ie if it “sneaks” in notifications later on…it’s gone. No chances.

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