The correct answer is that features like push notifications should be opt-in in the browser. Too many of these features exploit the general ignorance of users.

The correct answer is that features like push notifications should be opt-in in the browser. Too many of these features exploit the general ignorance of users. > If a browser feature is annoying you, the correct approach would be to disable that feature in the browser. Yet when some of us shut off Javascript - a feature that is often annoying, enables many kinds of tracking, and occasionally creates serious security problems - half of HN freaks out. Given that Javascript is necessary for many types of surveillance-as-a-business-model, hostility to the idea of disabling javascript is expected. Push notifications are still a newer feature, but once that feature becomes entrenched enough that some people's profit depends on the feature, disabling push notifications in the client will be regarded with similar hostility.