Currently on an enjoyable journey of de-googling, upping privacy, data sovereignty and so on.

Apps that do this just get it.

  • cRazi_man@europe.pub
    36·
    7 hours ago

    There’s de-googling and privacy and all…thats all great. But it is a completely separate thing to take back attention from distractions, bullshit notifications and letting tech overlords reach into our daily lives and disrupting our focus and attention whenever they feel like it. Notification real estate is hugely valuable and the default for every app should be “off”, with further fine tuning as needed. Better bulk settings are needed for notification settings adjustment.

    Technology Connections has done a brilliant video about notifications recently.

    • upandatom@lemmy.world
      2·
      40 minutes ago

      I agree completely and believe it’s an issue for people with disabilities too. Hopefully more and more people are taking notice and speaking out. I bet good videos help raise awareness too!

  • blinfabian@feddit.nlEnglish
    5·
    5 hours ago

    no it doesnt get it, i actually tried to turn it on but they dont have the option :/

    notifications off by default is good tho

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
    8·
    6 hours ago

    I too disable notifications on all my news sources. They are reserved for personal connections only.

    My dad on the other hand, often doesn’t see my messages, because he has always the notification stack full and doesn’t notice the new ones.

    And can we please outlaw pre-selected newsletters? They are annoying anyway, if you don’t actively choose them.

  • s38b35M5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    7 hours ago

    That really is nice, right? I also like when my apps have no mechanism to connect to the internet, so you don’t have to worry about trackers, data exultation, etc.

      • JayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.socialEnglish
        4·
        5 hours ago

        While I am still trying to wean off reddit, seeing the equivalent mail icon light up on threadiverse does not entail dread like on reddit

        At least for now since I’ve only been replying to whimsical, silly etc. posts and comments lol

        • Albbi@lemmy.ca
          2·
          4 hours ago

          I’ll add to your dose fediverse fun instead of reddit comment regret.

    • Sips'@slrpnk.net
      1·
      29 minutes ago

      Wow same here, had actually forgotten it used to be called WefWef until you mentioned it.

    • ropatrick@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Can you tell me more about that? I was able to see this thread on those links but not familiar with Photon. I searched a bit but a few different techie things came up.

      You had me at “don’t even bother with most apps any more…” 😁

  • jestho@lemmy.zip
    3·
    8 hours ago

    I’m still not sure if those are a second pair of whiskers, or if it’s a Wallace & Gromit style mouth

      • TachyonTele@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        8 hours ago

        There’s one that costs money and hasnt been updated in years. I can’t remember it’s name though. It was a big deal when it came out.

        • cobysev@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          7 hours ago

          Sync for Lemmy has a paid version that gets rid of ads. Its developer was one of the most vocal when Reddit started charging developers for access to their API. Sync for Reddit was one of the most popular third-party Reddit apps before then.

          Its developer is also absent all the time. They poke their head in every few months, fix a bunch of problems, then disappear into the nether for an indeterminate amount of time.

          I actually switched to Voyager because I was annoyed at how difficult it was to get anything fixed on Sync. And of course, Voyager is free.

        • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
          3·
          7 hours ago

          Voyager is donations only. I donate to it every time a thread like this comes up in the wild.