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0 pointstomjen34y ago0 comments

I can maybe see a prioty system for contacts.

Not sure how much it would help. My family is at least an hour away and I might not see the notification anyway.

That is a far cry from permitting it for all apps though.

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You may disallow app access to notifications if you want to check it only on your schedule. But not having access to notifications hinderes main function of messaging apps - delivering messages to you.

It is frankly shocking to me how many people fail to understand that.

"I don't like push notifications, it means nobody needs them"

tomjen3OP4y ago

Yes, I do not want to have to disable them per app or even being asked if want to enable them.

Andrew_nenakhov4y ago

For this, there is a system-wide 'do not disturb' mode.

It is actually shocking to me that some people have this extremely narrow view of this problem. There are huge classes of applications that absolutely require immediate notification of the user, but here people just handwaive this as a non-issue because "I don't like to be disturbed".

How about a doctor called for an operation? Your car being robbed? Incoming bank payment? New ride request for a taxi driver? Disaster notification? VoIP call? A soccer game beginning? Billions of uses you just discard because you don't want it. Gross.

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