Re:What Apple and Google are doing to your push notifications
by throwway120385 on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @06:17PM
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After all we wouldn't want the user to miss out on our promotion of 10% off your next refrigerator. They bought a refrigerator from us just 6 months ago, after all!
Re:What Apple and Google are doing to your push notifications
by mjmas on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @06:56PM
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Though Android does help a little for existing toggles by giving you an 'About 129 notifications per day' blurb below the entry.
Re:What Apple and Google are doing to your push notifications
by hunter2_ on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @09:49PM
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It also puts a throbbing highlight (for a few seconds) on whichever channel is associated with the notification whose gear icon you used as a shortcut into the channel list. At least for Pixel phones.
Then next month, you create a new notification channel for your new promotional messages because too many people opted out of the old channels. You default that new channel to opt in, to make sure the user gets their chance to experience it and share in the delight you mean to share with them.
Presumably, you continue this until you have hundreds of such toggles and presumably some kind of dedicated Toggle Engineering Department that oversees them all. Nextdoor, Meta apps, LinkedIn, and countless others all appear to be competing for the most such toggles.