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Re:What Apple and Google are doing to your push notifications by dijksterhuis on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @04:58PM (#48300580)
periodically open the app every few minutes or so. once the driver is 5 minutes away -- go outside and wait.

it's a tradeoff. eliminating notification spam means behaving more synchronously when booking a taxi. i don't mind waiting outside for five minutes. especially if i'm not getting a random ping when i'm definitely not booking a taxi :shrugs:

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Re:What Apple and Google are doing to your push notifications by volemo on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @05:16PM (#48300820)
I prefer temporarily toggling notifications on because I really don’t trust my internal metronome.
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Re:What Apple and Google are doing to your push notifications by goykasi on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @07:43PM (#48302323)
You could set a short timer on your phone. On an iphone, its two clicks away.
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Re:What Apple and Google are doing to your push notifications by pseudalopex on Thursday May 28, 2026 @12:45AM (#48304608)
Enabling notifications is not difficult. And the driver could arrive before or after the initial estimate.
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