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

Apps that do this just get it.

  • irate944@piefed.socialEnglish
    171·
    2 months ago

    I jumped on their github page and skimmed a few issues, and found this: https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/issues/1027

    It looks like they just need to figure out a couple of issues before they implement notifications, so it might happen someday. But taking into account how old these issues are, it’s not their priority.

      • JayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.socialEnglish
        4·
        2 months 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
          3·
          2 months ago

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

      • 🔻ietnoomer@lemdro.idEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        It’s crazy how unmotivated y’all are to form actual social links online. Notifications are actually very important for people who treat platforms interchangeably.

  • s38b35M5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 months 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 exfiltration, etc.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
    9·
    2 months 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. Same in E-Mail inbox.

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

  • sompreno@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    I mean considering lemmy is public information and messages are unencrypted…

  • HiramFromTheChi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    I can’t emphasize how important it is for you to control your phone, especially notifications. Every notification is literally a mind hijacking attempt. Regardless of the type of notification, it’s something that disrupts our thinking and our flow.

    Some of them are necessary—but most aren’t.

    All the native apps will of course try to get as much permission from you as possible, including notifications. Don’t allow this permission freely.

    Get really strict about which apps need to send you notifications, and when. Take it from a dude who used to give free reign to all apps for notifications.

    Once I started thinking in a more digitally minimalistic way, it made a huge difference.

    Running GrapheneOS actually helped with this a lot. But you don’t need GOS to do this and feel the difference.

    I got some notifications turned on, but most of em are silent. So they still get delivered, but they’re not time-sensitive. They’ll be there when I check my phone next. I don’t need em interrupting whatever I was doing or thinking.

    TL;DR: Be strict about which notifications you allow, and when. It’ll do wonders for your thinking, productivity, and mental health.

    • ropatrick@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      2 months ago

      Thanks for your thoughts. Totally agree.

      I was in the verge of installing GOS but I think there is an issue with a first responder app that we are about to get access to, throwing errors of a phone seems to be rooted or similar, so I’ll have to check that it more. If its a non issue, GOS will be in play.

      • HiramFromTheChi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Interesting. Definitely test it out. Plus, it’s not like GOS is permanent. Your can always revert to OEM Android if needed.

  • jestho@lemmy.zip
    3·
    2 months ago

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

    • ropatrick@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 months 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…” 😁

      • B0NK3RS@lazysoci.al
        1·
        2 months ago

        The alternative frontends need to be added to a Lemmy server by the admins so not everywhere has them. Lemmy.world has quite a few though which are listed in the sidebar.

        • ropatrick@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          2 months ago

          Ah OK thanks. Its not an app as such. I get you now. I was searching for an app or UI install called Photon!

          Thank you!

  • nixukty@lemmy.zip
    1·
    2 months ago

    Lemmy also doesn’t support unifiedpush so it’s impractical to send notifications lol