I turned all my notifications off years ago. With the exceptions of calls and texts, which almost nobody sends me so are not bothersome. I think it depends on i

I turned all my notifications off years ago. With the exceptions of calls and texts, which almost nobody sends me so are not bothersome. I think it depends on individual circumstances, if you are getting lots of nuisance calls but want to know if there is an important one, it may be tougher. For me anyway, there is no email or message from an app that I care enough about for it to appear as a notification