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Android apps blatantly misuse notifications to push inane ads and promotions Android provides a "notification categories" setting where user can trun some type
by albert_e 1y ago
Android apps blatantly misuse notifications to push inane ads and promotions
Android provides a "notification categories" setting where user can trun some type of notifications on and other off.
Most apps I use fall into two or three buckets --
1. There is just one "default" notifications category ... so it is all or nothing.
2. There are a few categories named very vaguely with no way to actually discern what is useful and what is junk, and they also use them inconsistency.
3. There are tons and tons of notifications categories - list keeps changing frequently - so There is no way you can set and forget. So whatever you may do, ads still sneak through.
Where/how can we start pushing back on this irresponsible behaviour and shame these billion dollar brands for abusing customers and treating us like fools.
If someone has already given this form of abuse a name and a prominent online post -- maybe we could make it more popular and raise awareness.