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Smartphones Aren’t Evil, Notifications Are (audiovalentine.com)
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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 71 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Preach. Nothing on my phone is allowed to show me notifications except emails to my main address (which are likely to actually be important and not spam), calls, texts, and a select few Discord channels.

Everyone and everything else can fuck off until I get around to them, which includes my work email inbox.

I am continually disgusted by then number of apps that are not communications related insist on trying to push notifications into your stack all the time. Especially mobile games. That shit can fuck right off.

[–] AssaultPepper@monero.town 20 points 2 months ago

I can't think of any app that's not FOSS that doesn't ask for permission to send notifications.

They drive engagement at the cost of your sanity 🫠

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 months ago

I'm a caregiver for my mom, so I work in the home. I turned off all notifications. Texts, calls, all of it. If I leave the house, I'll unmute so I know if she calls me, because she may need actual help with something, but even then, it's literally just her on Whatsapp that goes through, nothing else.

I've never felt like I had a healthier relationship with my phone. I tend to scroll a little too much on Lemmy, watch too many YouTube shorts in the bathroom or while I'm cooking, but other than that, I feel like a normal human again for the first time since ~2010

[–] PeroBasta@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Lol. I just get notification for calls, and evend the calls are limited during my working hours so that only my SO, Brother and parents can call me.

Messaging apps are all muted and zero notification, i anyway open then every time i check my phone.

Emails are especially blocked since if you send me an e-mail you dont really need me

[–] chevy9294@monero.town 0 points 2 months ago

I don't have Google Play services on my phone and I don't get notifications from any app that doesn't support unified push. So I get only calls, texts and signal.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Notifications are bad, but the constant dopamine stimulation of having 24/7 access to stuff like Facebook and TikTok is also bad without notifications.

[–] orl0pl@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

That's why free will is not enough. You need to set yourself limits or completely uninstall distracting apps. You can get used to it

[–] bradboimler@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At the moment I get a new notification I decide if it's useful. If it isn't, the category gets turned off.

My bar for apps is also extremely high. I don't get the notifications if the app isn't installed.

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think that's the intended way to use notifications. If it is there sitting in your status bar it should be because you need to be reminded to do something about it.

Otherwise it's the equivalent of leaving your mail strewn on your dinner table permanently, junk mail and all.

I am starting to uninstall all apps that have websites anyways... not everything needs to be an app

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I agree, but I have a problem I don't know how to overcome. Maybe someone here has an idea.

I'm ADHD as fuck.

It's the inattentive type and it cuts both ways. It's not uncommon for me to turn on my phone and get distracted from what I had intended to do by notifications. On the flip side, if I don't have notifications to let me know to check something, I may just forget the app exists entirely. If it's something important, that's not great.

Anyone have any ideas?

[–] evo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Focus mode.

I use it during "work hours". You can take a break for a set amount of time, but it will lock you out again after.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

turn off notifications for everything except direct messages to you.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

My default is all apps on silent notifications. Can't see em until you pull down the shade (Android). Then give very very few applications access to normal notifications. Then you will check them all only when you check the normal. This still requires some level of willpower but it def helps.

[–] philodendron@lemdro.id 2 points 2 months ago

Scheduled summary (iOS feature) has been been a game changer for me

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Send

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Multiple

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Messages

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For one sentence

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Get blocked

[–] Staubsaugernasenmann@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Instantly

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

As defined in our terms of service as 5 to 5,000,000,000,000 business days.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago

Tbh I paid for an app called Buzzkill, it works really well