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Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by blauditore »

reedf1 wrote: post #7

My solution to this problem was to have my phone permanently on silent. The logic being - there was nothing so urgent 25 years ago that couldn't be solved by an asynchronous answering machine message checked once a day; why do I need moment to moment updates now. Nowadays I'd probably use a tool like yours. My partner is going through legitimate withdrawal symptoms after two years of short-form content addiction. Tur…

Even when checking once a day, it's still worse with spam notifications. It's like getting 20 spam phone calls on your answering machine between the real ones.

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by oblio »

radlad wrote: post #38
cocoto wrote: post #6

I’m now an iOS user but the problem is actually the same here : apps not respecting communication channels to push ads (mostly to their own app or service). I usually fully block notifications from most apps but for some apps the notifications are really convenient (carpooling, transport or delivery app). Yes I want to know if the train I booked is delayed. No I don’t want to be notified that you are now partnering w…

Worse even because iOS doesn't offer notification groups/channels like Android does (ignoring the fact that market leaders like Uber, DoorDash, etc. eschew them in favor of "General" channels they can pump both delivery/ride info and ads through.) IMO this needs to be an app guideline enforced by the iOS App Store and Play Store. I remember back in the day, iOS used to be known for having less spammy notifications.

> IMO this needs to be an app guideline enforced by the iOS App Store and Play Store.

Yeah, but... money.

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by BeetleB »

awaaz wrote: post #36
BeetleB wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I second Buzzkill. My comment was going to be "What does this do that Buzzkill doesn't?"

Honestly I did not know about Buzzkill. I suppose the big differentiator is that DoNotNotify is absolutely free.

Glad there are other options! Before Buzzkill I used another app that stopped being maintained and then stopped working on newer Androids. I had to deal with notifications for a year before I found Buzzkill.

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by Gabrys1 »

naimurhasanrwd wrote: post #82

Does the app has any country wise template rule collections? I would love to have the feature but not willing to write rule 100 rules for 30 apps by my own.

LLM would help with this immensely, if only it was allowed (not sure how though... make the ruleset available as a single text field for export/import, maybe?)

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by radlad »

oblio wrote: post #84
radlad wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Worse even because iOS doesn't offer notification groups/channels like Android does (ignoring the fact that market leaders like Uber, DoorDash, etc. eschew them in favor of "General" channels they can pump both delivery/ride info and ads through.) IMO this needs to be an app guideline enforced by the iOS App Store and Play Store. I remember back in the day, iOS used to be known for having less spammy notifications.

> IMO this needs to be an app guideline enforced by the iOS App Store and Play Store. Yeah, but... money.

Maybe this matters at the bottom end of the market, but it's mainly the top players I see take this approach to notifications. DoorDash, Uber, and the social media platforms all have incentive to stay on the official app stores.

I expect the bottom end of the market is also dependent on the official app stores to make money. What real alternatives do users have, especially with sideloading on Android now requiring Google bless your APK anyway? (edit: Looks like Google has started to walk this back slightly. Even still. https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/android-de...)

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by Gabrys1 »

drnick1 wrote: post #17
Zigurd wrote: post #5

The play store should reject apps that use audible notifications other than those controlled by Android platform notification permissions. Making a user dig through an obscure multiple layer settings jungle to track down and kill annoying notifications is a dark pattern and deserves de-platforming. I'm looking at you, Facebook.

The Facebook app is malware. Remove it from your system and use better ways to communicate with people, e.g. Signal.

One can also use the Facebook website. It's almost usable on the Firefox mobile to the extent that you can check the news feed or notifications and reply to a comment, but anything more involved is very annoying (so you end up not doing this and long-term using Facebook less, which is a good thing)

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by psittacus »

Draiken wrote: post #50

I would love to use this, but I don't want to allow a third party app with closed source to read all my notifications. This can read OTP passwords, full messages, etc. so it must be open source for me to consider it. I would donate/pay for this if it was open source on F-Droid. Kudos to you for building it. I put off building this exact same application so many times it's not even funny. Too bad I'm too lazy to maint…

It took me a moment to find, but Alertly claims to do something similar while being open-source. Last commit was made two years ago though.

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.example.notificationalerter

https://github.com/lightningcpu/Alertly

Re: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Post by awaaz »

naimurhasanrwd wrote: post #82

Does the app has any country wise template rule collections? I would love to have the feature but not willing to write rule 100 rules for 30 apps by my own.

It does have rules for about 25 common apps already built in. I had considered making a feature to 'share' rules with other users of the app, but that would've required Internet access. And as you can see from the comments on this thread, nobody wants an app like this to send data :(
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