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> Turn off every notification that isn’t actionable or joyful to you. I have notifications on for Uber Eats because I want updates when I order a food delivery

> Turn off every notification that isn’t actionable or joyful to you. I have notifications on for Uber Eats because I want updates when I order a food delivery. Of course, the app takes this opportunity to randomly (though infrequently) send me ad notifications during the other 98% of the time. Just this past week I've seen notifications for getting my Easter shopping done, and something for "National Burrito Day" which I'm sure is totally a real thing. Unfortunately, lots of apps are like this. But are they annoying or frequent enough that I will turn off notifications? No, because I'd rather put up with it than have to remember to turn them back on the next time I order something.

altairprime 6mo ago
I solve that in a hilarious way: by uninstalling the app when I’m not using it. Works perfectly, other than some slight sign-in friction, for e.g. airlines, Uber/Etsy, and so on. But I’d rather suffer through logging in with a saved password than receive notification spam — I can respect that others prefer the opposite way.
- acuozzo 6mo ago
  > I solve that in a hilarious way: by uninstalling the app when I’m not using it. Ha, I do the same thing!
- duskdozer 6mo ago
  Nothing ever seems to save my login session more than 10 minutes anymore, so it doesn't even seem like much extra friction.
jbaber 6mo ago
[Buzzkill] for android lets you completely control if you get specific notifications at all or with sound etc. I bunch up noisy text threads in once-a-day chunks, silence all notifications not about/from nuclear family from sleep to wake, etc. It really made me appreciate that, when I have to have my phone, notifications are like an extra obnoxious form of e-mail with all of its problems. [Buzzkill] gives me the phone equivalent of Inbox Zero. [Buzzkill]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston.buzzkill&hl=en_US&pli=1 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston....
- badc0ffee 6mo ago
  The filtering looks fairly powerful, but I wonder if I could have it hide notifications from apps that I haven't interacted with in 24 hours. I would do that for ALL of the delivery and transportation apps.
  - altairprime 6mo ago
    (iOS users, when you force quit an app, I believe that prevents it from initiating push notifications until you reopen it. Or it used to, I haven’t tested recently and perhaps it doesn’t stop modern ads? Data needed.)
    - badc0ffee 6mo ago
      It doesn't seem to work that way today.

altairprime 6mo ago

I solve that in a hilarious way: by uninstalling the app when I’m not using it. Works perfectly, other than some slight sign-in friction, for e.g. airlines, Uber/Etsy, and so on. But I’d rather suffer through logging in with a saved password than receive notification spam — I can respect that others prefer the opposite way.

acuozzo 6mo ago
> I solve that in a hilarious way: by uninstalling the app when I’m not using it. Ha, I do the same thing!
duskdozer 6mo ago
Nothing ever seems to save my login session more than 10 minutes anymore, so it doesn't even seem like much extra friction.

jbaber 6mo ago

[Buzzkill] for android lets you completely control if you get specific notifications at all or with sound etc. I bunch up noisy text threads in once-a-day chunks, silence all notifications not about/from nuclear family from sleep to wake, etc. It really made me appreciate that, when I have to have my phone, notifications are like an extra obnoxious form of e-mail with all of its problems. [Buzzkill] gives me the phone equivalent of Inbox Zero. [Buzzkill]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston.buzzkill&hl=en_US&pli=1 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston....

badc0ffee 6mo ago
The filtering looks fairly powerful, but I wonder if I could have it hide notifications from apps that I haven't interacted with in 24 hours. I would do that for ALL of the delivery and transportation apps.
- altairprime 6mo ago
  (iOS users, when you force quit an app, I believe that prevents it from initiating push notifications until you reopen it. Or it used to, I haven’t tested recently and perhaps it doesn’t stop modern ads? Data needed.)
  - badc0ffee 6mo ago
    It doesn't seem to work that way today.