I found something about this comforting: it shows me dialogs that focus only on the thing that needs my attention, without having to load an entire app with its associated branding. I actually prefer these types of popups to what I deal with now: slack notifications (requires me to open slack first), mail notifications (requires me to open mail), our custom admin app notifications (same). Apps have become first class citizens and the content they operate on have taken a backseat. I'd like to think of these dialogs as the GUI equivalent of Unix pipes.
