4 ms·

Cant do that with my banking app, payment app or government apps :(. Unfortunately where I live almost everything requires a phone.

consteval 2y ago
My banking app has pretty fined-tuned control over notifications. They also support ulterior notifs, like email and SMS.
left-struck 2y ago
You can’t turn off the notifications? To be clear I wouldn’t delete my banking app if it showed me a marketing notification, I would go into the app and turn off that kind of notification. I have notifications turned on for my banking app because of 2FA and transaction notifications. In the past I was actually able to stop a fraudulent transaction within minutes because of a transaction notification so I value them.
- ailurooo 2y ago
  you can't selectively turn off junk notifications from apps that you need notifications from.. i want to use the peets app to know when my coffees ready but it spams me with pumpkin spice latte deals..
  - left-struck 2y ago
    I think this is something I genuinely differ on to most people. If an app doesn’t allow me to selectively choose the notifications then I don’t allow it to notify me. I put a really high value on my attention and I don’t consider that ok behaviour from an app. If I miss something because I don’t get notifications then that’s too bad, the value of not being interrupted is so much higher.
    - DougN7 2y ago
      I feel similarly. I hunt for the Unsubscribe button to every email I don’t want and/or mark it spam in my mail app. It makes a real difference after a while. Unfortunately, companies know most people aren’t like us so they keep pumping out the crap.
  - xboxnolifes 2y ago
    Contact the associated app store. Those should be labeled differently and not misused.
  - yetihehe 2y ago
    > you can't selectively turn off junk notifications from apps that you need notifications from You can't if it's a junk app. Many reputable apps today have properly described notification channels and you can turn them off selectively (under android at least). That's what I did for my banking and several other apps. Every "marketing" channel was turned off.

consteval 2y ago

My banking app has pretty fined-tuned control over notifications. They also support ulterior notifs, like email and SMS.

left-struck 2y ago

You can’t turn off the notifications? To be clear I wouldn’t delete my banking app if it showed me a marketing notification, I would go into the app and turn off that kind of notification. I have notifications turned on for my banking app because of 2FA and transaction notifications. In the past I was actually able to stop a fraudulent transaction within minutes because of a transaction notification so I value them.

ailurooo 2y ago
you can't selectively turn off junk notifications from apps that you need notifications from.. i want to use the peets app to know when my coffees ready but it spams me with pumpkin spice latte deals..
- left-struck 2y ago
  I think this is something I genuinely differ on to most people. If an app doesn’t allow me to selectively choose the notifications then I don’t allow it to notify me. I put a really high value on my attention and I don’t consider that ok behaviour from an app. If I miss something because I don’t get notifications then that’s too bad, the value of not being interrupted is so much higher.
  - DougN7 2y ago
    I feel similarly. I hunt for the Unsubscribe button to every email I don’t want and/or mark it spam in my mail app. It makes a real difference after a while. Unfortunately, companies know most people aren’t like us so they keep pumping out the crap.
- xboxnolifes 2y ago
  Contact the associated app store. Those should be labeled differently and not misused.
- yetihehe 2y ago
  > you can't selectively turn off junk notifications from apps that you need notifications from You can't if it's a junk app. Many reputable apps today have properly described notification channels and you can turn them off selectively (under android at least). That's what I did for my banking and several other apps. Every "marketing" channel was turned off.