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I'm glad Android finally lets you block push notifications on a per-app basis. I block all push notifications except for incoming text messages. Why would I wan

I'm glad Android finally lets you block push notifications on a per-app basis. I block all push notifications except for incoming text messages. Why would I want to be interrupted in the middle of dinner for a promotional message??

ericra 4y ago
You can also add OS notifications and browser notifications to the list of things consumers never asked for. I'm sure there is some utility for some people. But for the most part, it's just further attempts to increase "engagement" at the cost of user experience.
- jeroenhd 4y ago
  As someone who uses web apps in my browser rather than Electron versions of the same application packaged with a slightly outdated Chromium engine: don't take away my notifications. I'm glad browsers have decided to simply block notifications by default. The constant insistent notification prompts by terrible developers trying to get me to accidentally sign up to their stupid blog news feed annoyed the crap out of me. I already had notifications set to denied by default long before browsers started shipping the policy and I do the same for other permissions. Notifications are extremely useful for actual web applications. Blogs and news sites should stay the hell away from my notification area.
shmde 4y ago
I am on Android 9. And can block per app basis. Its been a feature for sometime now.
- jthrowsitaway 4y ago
  Yes, but newer versions of Android let you block categories of notifications for apps. Things like story post notifications are blocked for my apps while DMs aren't.
  - jeroenhd 4y ago
    Notification channels were introduced in Android 8.0 over five years ago. You don't need a newer version of Android, any supported version should do! For a long time after their introduction, apps were still written for the old notification system, so many users probably missed the fact they could theoretically mute or block certain categories. When apps started targeting Android 8, developers had to use the appropriate channels, but I'm pretty sure it took months for most common apps to support this feature properly: many apps had a single category for all notifications even when they used the new notifications API.

ericra 4y ago

You can also add OS notifications and browser notifications to the list of things consumers never asked for. I'm sure there is some utility for some people. But for the most part, it's just further attempts to increase "engagement" at the cost of user experience.

jeroenhd 4y ago
As someone who uses web apps in my browser rather than Electron versions of the same application packaged with a slightly outdated Chromium engine: don't take away my notifications. I'm glad browsers have decided to simply block notifications by default. The constant insistent notification prompts by terrible developers trying to get me to accidentally sign up to their stupid blog news feed annoyed the crap out of me. I already had notifications set to denied by default long before browsers started shipping the policy and I do the same for other permissions. Notifications are extremely useful for actual web applications. Blogs and news sites should stay the hell away from my notification area.

shmde 4y ago

I am on Android 9. And can block per app basis. Its been a feature for sometime now.

jthrowsitaway 4y ago
Yes, but newer versions of Android let you block categories of notifications for apps. Things like story post notifications are blocked for my apps while DMs aren't.
- jeroenhd 4y ago
  Notification channels were introduced in Android 8.0 over five years ago. You don't need a newer version of Android, any supported version should do! For a long time after their introduction, apps were still written for the old notification system, so many users probably missed the fact they could theoretically mute or block certain categories. When apps started targeting Android 8, developers had to use the appropriate channels, but I'm pretty sure it took months for most common apps to support this feature properly: many apps had a single category for all notifications even when they used the new notifications API.