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For this, there is a system-wide 'do not disturb' mode. It is actually shocking to me that some people have this extremely narrow view of this problem. There a

For this, there is a system-wide 'do not disturb' mode. It is actually shocking to me that some people have this extremely narrow view of this problem. There are huge classes of applications that absolutely require immediate notification of the user, but here people just handwaive this as a non-issue because "I don't like to be disturbed". How about a doctor called for an operation? Your car being robbed? Incoming bank payment? New ride request for a taxi driver? Disaster notification? VoIP call? A soccer game beginning? Billions of uses you just discard because you don't want it. Gross.

tomjen3 5y ago
A voip call should be done normally, which means that unless you are one of my starred contacts I don't get a notification in DND mode. I have starred maybe 5. You can make up all sorts of notifications for emergencies but I could counter with what happens if I am in the shower when I get the notification? I don't want a tornado warning the last possible second, I want to know it ahead of time so that I can get to a safe place. If my car is broken into there is nothing I can do, if my grandmother has a fall it is at least 30 minutes before I can get to her, I don't need notifications for bank payments (it gets added to a list that I renew when necessary). I wouldn't want a notification for an active shooter at all -- if I was hiding from the shooter, it could give my location away.