I can't think of any app that's not FOSS that doesn't ask for permission to send notifications.

They drive engagement at the cost of your sanity 🫠

I'm a caregiver for my mom, so I work in the home. I turned off all notifications. Texts, calls, all of it. If I leave the house, I'll unmute so I know if she calls me, because she may need actual help with something, but even then, it's literally just her on Whatsapp that goes through, nothing else.

I've never felt like I had a healthier relationship with my phone. I tend to scroll a little too much on Lemmy, watch too many YouTube shorts in the bathroom or while I'm cooking, but other than that, I feel like a normal human again for the first time since ~2010

Lol. I just get notification for calls, and evend the calls are limited during my working hours so that only my SO, Brother and parents can call me.

Messaging apps are all muted and zero notification, i anyway open then every time i check my phone.

Emails are especially blocked since if you send me an e-mail you dont really need me

I don't have Google Play services on my phone and I don't get notifications from any app that doesn't support unified push. So I get only calls, texts and signal.

That's why free will is not enough. You need to set yourself limits or completely uninstall distracting apps. You can get used to it

I think that's the intended way to use notifications. If it is there sitting in your status bar it should be because you need to be reminded to do something about it.

Otherwise it's the equivalent of leaving your mail strewn on your dinner table permanently, junk mail and all.

I am starting to uninstall all apps that have websites anyways... not everything needs to be an app

Focus mode.

I use it during "work hours". You can take a break for a set amount of time, but it will lock you out again after.

turn off notifications for everything except direct messages to you.

My default is all apps on silent notifications. Can't see em until you pull down the shade (Android). Then give very very few applications access to normal notifications. Then you will check them all only when you check the normal. This still requires some level of willpower but it def helps.

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