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If I get so much as one unsolicited alert from an app, I disable notifications on it immediately. I've been doing this from the very first days I had a smartpho
by getnormality 1y ago
If I get so much as one unsolicited alert from an app, I disable notifications on it immediately. I've been doing this from the very first days I had a smartphone, in 2013 or so.
My reserves of attention are limited and extremely important for accomplishing my own goals. Nobody gets to draw from the reservoir without my consent if I can help it.
And thank goodness tech still lets me help it! I just have to pray that nobody figures out how many hundreds of billions of dollars Google or Apple need to be paid to make it impossible for me to silence notifications.
- swagasaurus-rex 1y agoAny notification that doesn't originate from a human being or an action taken by a human being means the app's notification privileges are gone
- bjelkeman-again 1y agoSMS (and equivalent direct messages,I hardly get any spam), missed calls, parking reminders and a few things from my car. The rest is blocked.
- nottorp 1y ago> If I get so much as one unsolicited alert from an app, I disable notifications on it immediately. But... iOS apps ask for permission to send notifications on first run. Just deny it then.
- benterix 1y agoI went a step further and set on permanent do not disturb mode with the only exceptions for the contacts defined in "close family" group and my alarm clock. Everything else is blocked by default and has to wait for the time slot I allocated to it.
- ryandvm 1y agoLife is going to improve dramatically when we start seeing class action lawsuits for "theft of attention". If attention has economic value AND if it is limited in supply, then taking it from a person without their consent is a form of theft.