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And the second a single one of those apps sends me a promotional offer via a push notification I disable notifications wholesale, negating the entire benefit of

And the second a single one of those apps sends me a promotional offer via a push notification I disable notifications wholesale, negating the entire benefit of this 'feature'. I don't want to have to run and maintain a spam filter for notifications.

amadeuspagel 4y ago
> I don't want to have to run and maintain a spam filter for notifications. Maybe the OS should run and maintain that for you. Just as gmail automatically sorts your emails into different categories (and spam), maybe so the OS or the browser should sort notifications.
- dymk 4y ago
  That would still need enforcement. Google and Apple would need to adopt a no-strikes policy and remove apps which send a marketing notification to the "your food has arrived" notification channel.
  - emaginniss 4y ago
    No strikes? So kick them off before they even do anything wrong?
    - dymk 4y ago
      One strike means one chance to screw up, zero strikes means...
      - taejo 4y ago
        No. Three strikes means you're out on the third strike, not the fourth.
jeroenhd 4y ago
That's usually when I uninstall these apps myself. Though on Android you can usually get the ad spam down by disabling it once in my experience. That being said, it's been years since any apps have tried to push promotions onto me through notifications. I honestly don't know what app hellscape you and so many others online seem to live in; to me, notification ads have died a swift death somewhere around 2012.
schwartzworld 4y ago
That's silly. I don't know what kind of phone you have, but on my android phone you can specify which types of notifications you want to opt out of. It takes like 2 clicks to opt out of promotional messages but leave important notifications active.
- throw-ru-938 4y ago
  Many apps don't bother separating their notifications by type.
nicoburns 4y ago
Same. But there are plenty of apps that don't abuse their notification privileges (or allow you to disable the marketing notifications separately from the useful ones).

amadeuspagel 4y ago

> I don't want to have to run and maintain a spam filter for notifications. Maybe the OS should run and maintain that for you. Just as gmail automatically sorts your emails into different categories (and spam), maybe so the OS or the browser should sort notifications.

dymk 4y ago
That would still need enforcement. Google and Apple would need to adopt a no-strikes policy and remove apps which send a marketing notification to the "your food has arrived" notification channel.
- emaginniss 4y ago
  No strikes? So kick them off before they even do anything wrong?
  - dymk 4y ago
    One strike means one chance to screw up, zero strikes means...
    - taejo 4y ago
      No. Three strikes means you're out on the third strike, not the fourth.

jeroenhd 4y ago

That's usually when I uninstall these apps myself. Though on Android you can usually get the ad spam down by disabling it once in my experience. That being said, it's been years since any apps have tried to push promotions onto me through notifications. I honestly don't know what app hellscape you and so many others online seem to live in; to me, notification ads have died a swift death somewhere around 2012.

schwartzworld 4y ago

That's silly. I don't know what kind of phone you have, but on my android phone you can specify which types of notifications you want to opt out of. It takes like 2 clicks to opt out of promotional messages but leave important notifications active.

throw-ru-938 4y ago
Many apps don't bother separating their notifications by type.

nicoburns 4y ago

Same. But there are plenty of apps that don't abuse their notification privileges (or allow you to disable the marketing notifications separately from the useful ones).