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They were a good indicator for notifications that are missed when you were away from phone.

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[-] vestigial@vlemmy.net 159 points 1 year ago

Their absence encourages you to check your phone more often, which means you'll unlock it and look at some content more often, which means as revenue for someone.

[-] masterspace@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

In Apple's case it's a subtle encouragement to buy their watch.

[-] basileus@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I don’t believe the iPhone ever had an LED notification light. The iPhone existed well before the watch did, as well.

[-] masterspace@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I shouldn't have doubted Apple's campaign for minimalism > functionality

[-] DuckGuy@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

It never did, indeed. However, there's an accessibility function to use the flashlight like an old school LED.

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