Apple News has a notification spam problem

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Post by atrain714 » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 12:06 AM UTC

Apple News has a notification spam problem
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Post by PaulHoule » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 12:42 AM UTC

That notification screen is a sight for sore eyes.

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Post by adnanazadsg » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 2:07 AM UTC

This is something I had noticed as well. Its really surprising that Apple would allow this, since they usually care a lot about user experience. And judging by the amount of notifications - I'd be very surprised if there's anyone left who hasn't turned on notifications for the news app.

I wonder why they wouldn't just compile a Morning and Evening digest and send notifications only then (even that would be aggressive in my opinion - but I wouldn't be overwhelmed.)

I really miss the days of RSS and Google Reader.

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Post by egypturnash » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 3:34 AM UTC

Is this really an app you want to leave notifications on for, period? It feels like the kind of thing where you just say "okay now is time to Read Some News" and go see what's new.

YMMV, I have generally turned off notifications for everything.

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Post by 14 » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 4:04 AM UTC

egypturnash wrote: post #4

Is this really an app you want to leave notifications on for, period? It feels like the kind of thing where you just say "okay now is time to Read Some News" and go see what's new. YMMV, I have generally turned off notifications for everything .

Agreed. I’ve turned off Facebook notifications years ago after they were spamming the heck out of me. A friend of a friend added a photo wow Facebook. It just became too much. Now I log onto Facebook a few times a month to usually about 30-40 notifications I often click once to clear but often don’t read through them. They are so desperate to have us engage with the screen.

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Post by mcbutterbunz » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 4:07 AM UTC

egypturnash wrote: post #4

Is this really an app you want to leave notifications on for, period? It feels like the kind of thing where you just say "okay now is time to Read Some News" and go see what's new. YMMV, I have generally turned off notifications for everything .

I agree. Up until very recent, most news was consumed later in the evening or the day after it happened. The current landscape is filled with a constant stream of events that have no immediate impact on my life other than distracting me from more important tasks.

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Post by Bud » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 4:22 AM UTC

This is an article in search of a problem.

It takes 5 seconds to disable ALL notifications from this (or any other) app.

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Post by wangchungtonite » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 4:23 AM UTC

Bud wrote: post #7

This is an article in search of a problem. It takes 5 seconds to disable ALL notifications from this (or any other) app.

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Post by knowingathing » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 4:39 AM UTC

I had this problem but then I spent 7 seconds turning off Notifications for News.

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Post by j-c-hewitt » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 4:47 AM UTC

I turn it off and every so often Apple decides that no, I want their dumb news notifications again. Then it goes off again. I have never received an Apple News notification that was not dumb, stupid, and useless. It's sort of like airport CNN except in your pocket that randomly turns itself on after you have opted out of it.