One of the best comments I've ever read on HN said that they should be called interruptions not notifications. Interruptions are fine for certain things, but not the vast majority of them.
The biggest one I've switched off is email notifications and it's made me so much more organized. Instead of swiping away an interruption when I can't respond properly I'll pull the information when I do have time/ability to respond, bills now get paid on time for example.
Google is one of the biggest offenders at re-enabling it's own notification though. Youtube, an app I don't want and can't remove decided to start spamming me again last week.
Yup. This is one of the reasons that I don’t like android. Unfortunately now that apple is becoming a service provider also (Apple TV+, News+, etc) with apps that rely on engagement metrics I’m worried that I’ll start having this problem as well. The shortcuts app already doesn’t have a notifications setting but still can do notifications that buzz and make a sound.
pull, not push for me.