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That's an alert from "people", for a stretched definition of what "people" means. A bank is full of people who (purportedly) represent your interests, so the no
by zapzupnz 5y ago
That's an alert from "people", for a stretched definition of what "people" means. A bank is full of people who (purportedly) represent your interests, so the notification is from their fraud team, not a machine. Per se.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoIt's from a machine (the bank's computer), on behalf of people (the bank). Just like the a notification about the new Safari :(
- ninkendo 5y agoI think the difference in magnitude turns it into a difference in kind. Fraud alerts are something I asked to have sent to me, so to me it’s more of a tool doing its job. A tool I chose to use. Similarly if I decide I wanted to be alerted about severe weather, a notification isn’t just “technology contacting me”, it’s a tool I use, performing its expected function.
- d0gbread 5y agoIt seems like your rule is a lot of complexity all to say you don't like push notifications, toasts, or modals that are advertisements.
- zapzupnz 5y agoOf course it's from the computer. It's an electronic message. What a weird and pointless distinction. It's still programmed to do that on behalf of the bank's fraud department, a service done by people at the bank that you engage to protect your money. It's a service. Not like the Safari notification. It helps you in no way, it's not a service. It's an ad.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoI'm going to guess that there are folks at Apple who genuinely believe that they are providing a service with these notifications.