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What do you think is the worst human invention?
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Clickbait.
And the most annoying type of clickbait is, I'm not sure what their official names are, but I'll call them smudge dots.
It's those little red dots Android/iOS puts on apps whose function is to get you to click on their apps so that you must use the apps the way they want you to, just so that you can remove the smudge off your phone which they'll add back anyway.
It's what prevented me from returning to these OSes at all cost.
[tortures you]
I absolutely hate those, I feel such a strong need to clear them even if I know that I'll waste my time by clicking them. They are useful when there's something you actually want to read behind those notifications, but it's ridiculously abused by all mainstream software.