Re:Show HN: DoNotNotify – log and intelligently block notifi...
by jeroenhd on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @08:04AM
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You can on some devices (many Chinese brands, funnily enough) and on custom ROMs.
There are also (open source) firewall apps that will let you block (non-system) apps if you're on a stock ROM like me.
Technically, this is a permission, just not a user-grantable one. Google has moved quite a few permissions from inherent to user-grantable, but most apps don't work without internet (unfortunately) so I doubt they will do it for the internet permission in stock android.
There are also (open source) firewall apps that will let you block (non-system) apps if you're on a stock ROM like me.
Technically, this is a permission, just not a user-grantable one. Google has moved quite a few permissions from inherent to user-grantable, but most apps don't work without internet (unfortunately) so I doubt they will do it for the internet permission in stock android.