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Re:My First Year Without an iPhone by 627467 on Monday September 15, 2025 @11:26PM (#45257728)
> it's a pull rather than push

This is under appreciated, low effort'ish perspective. The simple fact of disabling all notifications (but for a couple basic ones like calendar) returns a good 80% of control back to you.

Pair with battery saving mode - that on iOS and Android - even locks involuntary notifications and saves you from battery anxiety.

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Re:My First Year Without an iPhone by matt-attack on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @03:37AM (#45259200)
I’m always blown away, when someone shows me something on their phone, let’s see a photo or something, and during the brief demo, I see an on slot of random notifications popping up. Retailers, email, promotions, etc..

Like seriously? I completely blew my mind. I think I basically have just iMessage and calendar.

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Re:My First Year Without an iPhone by baggachipz on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @08:08AM (#45261137)
And, far as I can tell, that's the vast majority of users. Like, most people live like this. I think they don't know how to disable that shitshow (or even that it's possible) and have just learned to live with it. And we wonder why everything's shit.
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