I'm a alone in turning off most Android notifications?
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App developers are increasingly abusing the notification system. It used to be about notifying you of something the app did, which was generally important, but now.... pretty much every single app, after a while of running, will start to take the piss.
Last night I watched a movie on my local Plex server, as I do, on my TV. This morning, the plex app on my phone popped up a notification asking me to review the movie I watched last night. "App settings, Notifications Disable all plex notifications". And so it continues with every single app, from Ryainair, to Nectar, to banking apps suggesting loans or morgtages, to food ordering apps offering deals, to google apps suggesting stuff I can't even remember. Its endless.
Each and every one I turn off. I want notifications to be important, not adverts or asking for reviews.
Surely the devs have an idea that a lot of people are muting their apps, and thus making them less effective when a notificaion IS actually useful/important. In the notifications settings for each app I've noticed they are now making the descriptions quite vague, so you dont know if you are turning off necessary notifications, or just the annoying ones.
Last night I watched a movie on my local Plex server, as I do, on my TV. This morning, the plex app on my phone popped up a notification asking me to review the movie I watched last night. "App settings, Notifications Disable all plex notifications". And so it continues with every single app, from Ryainair, to Nectar, to banking apps suggesting loans or morgtages, to food ordering apps offering deals, to google apps suggesting stuff I can't even remember. Its endless.
Each and every one I turn off. I want notifications to be important, not adverts or asking for reviews.
Surely the devs have an idea that a lot of people are muting their apps, and thus making them less effective when a notificaion IS actually useful/important. In the notifications settings for each app I've noticed they are now making the descriptions quite vague, so you dont know if you are turning off necessary notifications, or just the annoying ones.
Yep, I'm the same! Even to the extent WhatsApp notifications are off.
I don't think there is a single app that is allowed to notify me of anything.
The ones I'm interested in I will check proactively when I want to.
My daughters or wife's phone and smart watch!? Everything is default acceptance, with so much as a sneeze and she will get multiple news, social, video, messages etc flowing in. She doesn't read any of it... But also isn't fussed at turning them off.
Whay really infuriates me.... If I try to call either of them?! What are the chances of then picking up...
I don't think there is a single app that is allowed to notify me of anything.
The ones I'm interested in I will check proactively when I want to.
My daughters or wife's phone and smart watch!? Everything is default acceptance, with so much as a sneeze and she will get multiple news, social, video, messages etc flowing in. She doesn't read any of it... But also isn't fussed at turning them off.
Whay really infuriates me.... If I try to call either of them?! What are the chances of then picking up...
All push notifications are off here (similarly I've unsubscribed from mostly all emails) to try and get some peace.
The worst is Spotify "there's a band you listen to playing near-by soon". I'm in Central Scotland, the gig location they're trying to entice me to buy tickets from, Portsmouth!
The worst is Spotify "there's a band you listen to playing near-by soon". I'm in Central Scotland, the gig location they're trying to entice me to buy tickets from, Portsmouth!
When I used my Garmin watch as a smartwatch I went through and turned off all the notifications that want someone trying to get hold of me - it would be constantly buzzing on my wrist causing me to look away from what I was doing and down at my watch.
Looking at my wife’s notifications there’s always stuff advertising at her, not sure how she puts up with it.
This is Apple rather than Android but I don’t think either system is much better than the other for notifications!
Looking at my wife’s notifications there’s always stuff advertising at her, not sure how she puts up with it.
This is Apple rather than Android but I don’t think either system is much better than the other for notifications!
NaePasaran said:
All push notifications are off here (similarly I've unsubscribed from mostly all emails) to try and get some peace.
The worst is Spotify "there's a band you listen to playing near-by soon". I'm in Central Scotland, the gig location they're trying to entice me to buy tickets from, Portsmouth!
Same. My phone doesn't beep at all other than for calls and text messages. So much more relaxing without all the beeps and pings.The worst is Spotify "there's a band you listen to playing near-by soon". I'm in Central Scotland, the gig location they're trying to entice me to buy tickets from, Portsmouth!
TX.
Almost all the app notifications are also off on my phone. Email (Outlook and another app), texts, some football score app (but that's only active if I tell it to follow a certain game(s), the NHS app, and that's it I think.
It's also almost always on silent, no vibration either. It sits on it's wireless charger on my desk almost all the time, so if it does ring, I can see that.
And at 11PM until 7AM, it's set to turn the AOD off.
It's also almost always on silent, no vibration either. It sits on it's wireless charger on my desk almost all the time, so if it does ring, I can see that.
And at 11PM until 7AM, it's set to turn the AOD off.
I bought some bathrooms scales and decided the App would be good for monitoring weight, fat, heartrate trends etc. Then it started sending Push Notifications through at 3AM stating "Congratulations, 5 in a row" and "You've gained a new badge".
Apparently, if you can use a small part of your brain for one minute a day and remember to weigh yourself, you earn a badge. Drives me mad, it's like everyone is 7 years old and collecting stickers.
Apparently, if you can use a small part of your brain for one minute a day and remember to weigh yourself, you earn a badge. Drives me mad, it's like everyone is 7 years old and collecting stickers.
bigpriest said:
I bought some bathrooms scales and decided the App would be good for monitoring weight, fat, heartrate trends etc. Then it started sending Push Notifications through at 3AM stating "Congratulations, 5 in a row" and "You've gained a new badge".
Apparently, if you can use a small part of your brain for one minute a day and remember to weigh yourself, you earn a badge. Drives me mad, it's like everyone is 7 years old and collecting stickers.
I tried the samsung sleep app - after monitoring me for 7 nights, it said I was a penguin. If you get a god score, the penguin dances and if you do really well, the dancing penguin has stars all round it !Apparently, if you can use a small part of your brain for one minute a day and remember to weigh yourself, you earn a badge. Drives me mad, it's like everyone is 7 years old and collecting stickers.
So you get a badge for going to sleep.
Terminator X said:
NaePasaran said:
All push notifications are off here (similarly I've unsubscribed from mostly all emails) to try and get some peace.
The worst is Spotify "there's a band you listen to playing near-by soon". I'm in Central Scotland, the gig location they're trying to entice me to buy tickets from, Portsmouth!
Same. My phone doesn't beep at all other than for calls and text messages. So much more relaxing without all the beeps and pings.The worst is Spotify "there's a band you listen to playing near-by soon". I'm in Central Scotland, the gig location they're trying to entice me to buy tickets from, Portsmouth!
TX.
OP, you’re not kidding, it’s all ads now.
I do wonder if we will get to a point where there is no content, just advertisements. I must be an advertising nightmare as I now avoid things with supper aggressive advertising as it pisses me off
MB140 said:
I must be an advertising nightmare as I now avoid things with supper aggressive advertising as it pisses me off
Aggressive suppers, you won't sleep at night.(Sorry, I'm in one of those moods)
My phone pings, warbles and burps. Wife/son will say "what's that", my reply, "no idea" and just leave the phone where I last lost it.
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