On: Things you can do with a browser in 2020

[WarOnPrivacy]

Turn off notifications by default so that people who need/want them (the minority) can get them from the relevant sites (the exceptions).

After that turn off stickies, floaters, modals, etc by default & those who wish to have their browsing experience assaulted into a 1 inch box can opt in.

[hackmiester → WarOnPrivacy]

This is how notifications work in Firefox and Chrome today. The site prompts you to allow notifications. If you do nothing, they are not enabled.

[WarOnPrivacy → hackmiester]

By default, the user gets notified that the site wants to send notifications.