My point is that the person said "I don't want websites to be able to send notifications to my phone", and then you responded by explaining how one can prevent such notifications via configuration.

That is true, but not really relevant to what he said. He didn't say "I wish there was a way to configure my browser to not send notifications to my phone".

You then followed up with a snarky line telling them the thing that bothers them doesn't actually bother them, and that wasn't great either.

If I said "I don't want bears to be able to maul me in my sleep," and someone said "here's an option you can check which prevents that from ever happening," please explain to me how that failed to solve my problem.

OP didn't say "I want to prevent chrome from sending notifications". If he did, then sure, having an option toggle would solve his problem. But that's not what he said.

He said he doesn't want chrome to be able to push notifications to his phone. Having an option to disable that feature means it is has to be possible in the first place.

Maybe I am being overly pedantic, but to me the distinction matters.

Then it should be said "I don't want Chrome pushing notifications on anyone's phone, ever".

If you want it for yourself, you can make it happen. If you change a setting that disables ALL notifications for Chrome in your Android phone, your condition is satisfied. Chrome is not able to send notifications, unless the developers find a workaround :)

I want selected websites to be pushing notifications to me through Firefox. For example ebay-kleinanzeigen. Why should I install an app for that purpose?

I hope I'm not coming off as contentious, and I know I'm sort of beating a dead horse here, but I really feel like this distinction matters, so bear with me:

>Chrome is not able to send notifications, unless the developers find a workaround :)

Yes, it is able to send notifications. It won't (or shouldn't, at least) but it is still capable of sending notifications.

If I put my manual transmission car in first gear, it's never going to shift to second, but it still able shift to second.

Lets say I told you your showerhead has the capability to live stream your showers on youtube, but that feature has been toggled off. I'm sure you would understand if some people didn't want that to be possible in the first place, whether or not you agree with them.

> Why should I install an app for that purpose?

I'm not saying you should! I'm not arguing the merits of the original opinion, I'm simply saying there is a difference between whether an application can do something, and whether it will do something.

If you turn off notifications for Chrome, it can't send notifications. If you rip off your transmission, your car can't switch to first gear.

That's not the same thing..........