A while ago, there was a new wives’ tale going around how the red notification dot on replicate a slot machine so people would get addicted (1). This was compl

A while ago, there was a new wives’ tale going around how the red notification dot on replicate a slot machine so people would get addicted (1). This was completely ignorant of Apple’s history of first using the numbered dot over the Apple Mail stamp icon that looked like a postmark. I’m really skeptical of all these experts. (1) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/magazine/red-dots-badge-phones-notification.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/magazine/red-dots-badge-p...