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manarth | 22 days ago

Android does, at the level of "Allow notifications from app X" and "Block notifications from app X".

DoNotNotify gives granularity and rules (which a specific app may have chosen not to implement).

For example:

    "Allow <budget airline app X> to display notifications of gate changes"
    "Block <budget airline app X> from displaying advertising notifications"

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gschizas|22 days ago

Android 15/16 does allow you to control notifications even lower, at the level of notification category, but indeed the app must have chosen to use them.

tgsovlerkhgsel|22 days ago

Most apps that are in need of notification control either:

a) bundle everything in one category, from critical notifications without which the app can't fulfill its purpose to "HEY YOU HAVEN'T USED ME IN A DAY, USE ME NOW" spam

b) create a new category for spam every time they feel enough users have turned off the previous one, which is often

g947o|21 days ago

OEMs like Samsung turn off that ability by default unless you toggle it in "advanced settings". Thank you Samsung!

wolvoleo|22 days ago

Yeah the problem is a lot of apps dump their ads in the wrong category if they even use categories :(