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Once I started turning application notifications off, I began to see much more clearly how manipulative they are. For instance, Facebook started emailing me, so
by cmiles74 9y ago
Once I started turning application notifications off, I began to see much more clearly how manipulative they are. For instance, Facebook started emailing me, something I didn't realize I had to disable (up until then, I don't remember them mailing me anything). Twitter would pointlessly send a notification for "Person X and 42 others liked this tweet" and so on, clearly because I was opening their application less.
- seandougall 9y agoThe intrusiveness and desperation only escalate. For me the last straw was when Facebook started sending me notifications over SMS. If I hadn't deleted my profile, I'm pretty convinced they'd be calling me on the phone or showing up at my house with printed-out notifications by now.