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Why are more notifications inherently desirable? My lock screen is a disaster and I honestly don't have that many apps. I can recall in 2007 when even having t

Why are more notifications inherently desirable? My lock screen is a disaster and I honestly don't have that many apps. I can recall in 2007 when even having third party apps was a debatable topic. Call me fogeyish but it's inarguable that this was not really the intention of iOS, rather, we have mitigated and papered over the problem due to insane app store popularity. Macs didn't have native notifications for decades. In other words, our priorities have drifted significantly and it may be time to holistically reevaluate this.

spideymans 4y ago
There’s some recognition within apple that push notifications were a mistake (at least as they’re implemented today). iOS 15 introduced notification filters and notification summaries iOS 16 doesn’t even show notifications on the Lock Screen unless the user explicitly asks to view them (there’s just a small “view notifications” button at the bottom of the screen). Further, the Live Activities widgets will eliminate a lot of the notifications sent by apps like Uber. If the trend continues, iOS 17 will further hide notifications. Perhaps this is why Apple now feels comfortable with web push notifications.
- kitsunesoba 4y ago
  I've certainly enjoyed notifications being "delivered silently" by default paired with the morning/evening summaries more than I thought I would. Most of the time those notifications contain nothing of value and on the odd occasion they do, the summary surfaces those pretty well without me needing to scroll through it all myself.
sneak 4y ago
Almost 100% of users want their phone to buzz when their significant other or friends try to communicate with them in realtime, or interact with them on social media. A majority subset of users want their phone to buzz when their packages ship or are delivered, when their delivery food is about to arrive, and when their paycheck hits their checking account. Notifications as a concept are here to stay. Allowing every app limitless access to the same type of notifications is not.

spideymans 4y ago

There’s some recognition within apple that push notifications were a mistake (at least as they’re implemented today). iOS 15 introduced notification filters and notification summaries iOS 16 doesn’t even show notifications on the Lock Screen unless the user explicitly asks to view them (there’s just a small “view notifications” button at the bottom of the screen). Further, the Live Activities widgets will eliminate a lot of the notifications sent by apps like Uber. If the trend continues, iOS 17 will further hide notifications. Perhaps this is why Apple now feels comfortable with web push notifications.

kitsunesoba 4y ago
I've certainly enjoyed notifications being "delivered silently" by default paired with the morning/evening summaries more than I thought I would. Most of the time those notifications contain nothing of value and on the odd occasion they do, the summary surfaces those pretty well without me needing to scroll through it all myself.

sneak 4y ago

Almost 100% of users want their phone to buzz when their significant other or friends try to communicate with them in realtime, or interact with them on social media. A majority subset of users want their phone to buzz when their packages ship or are delivered, when their delivery food is about to arrive, and when their paycheck hits their checking account. Notifications as a concept are here to stay. Allowing every app limitless access to the same type of notifications is not.