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Re:Start with a Website, Not a Mobile App by wuliwong on Friday January 04, 2019 @12:27PM (#18825804)
You think notifications are universally "a problem"? I find many notifications to be quite useful. Appointment reminders are VERY important to me and not at all a problem.
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Re:Start with a Website, Not a Mobile App by fromdowntown on Friday January 04, 2019 @12:38PM (#18825903)
They probably mean generally a problem. Things like reminders seems like a good use case, but with all the apps trying to increase engagement, it seems necessary to mute notifications to an app right after downloading it.
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Re:Start with a Website, Not a Mobile App by ryanwaggoner on Friday January 04, 2019 @12:43PM (#18825956)
You don’t need to “mute” them, just don’t approve the notifications permission request. Out of the 100+ apps I have installed, I have zero that annoy me with notifications.
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