It’s not difficult if you’re on newer versions of iOS and Android. It’s easy to customise notifications or turn them off altogether. If you’re less techy, then it’s more difficult.

The problem is the apps assuming they can send you tons of notifications by default. Plus some apps keep adding new notifications types and assume that people are interested in them (for example shopping apps starting to suggest random products or Instagram advertising the creator’s broadcast channels).

It’s good we’re highlighting the mental burden of constant notifications as some people are not aware of it.

I think at this point with so many tech giants introducing ads to their services and increasing subscription prices, I think we can expect some kind of subscription fee to access assistants with the AI/LLM capability. It would make sense to offer a ‘basic’ version of these services for free since people have already invested in the hardware, but wouldn’t be surprised if these companies suddenly block us from using the smart functionality suddenly unless you pay.

Amazing. We need more service accounts to move!

Surprise surprise!