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pelya@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Notifications, and no browser UI to get in the way. You can do a PWA, but that’s beyond the scope of the average users.

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No browser UI to get in the way? Is it really that difficult to manage?

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    • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m not the one complaining, I know how to manage all of that.

      I’m talking about the average user.

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      • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Fair point. 🤔

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  • pelya@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    xkcd.com/3074/

    No app needed. Tell me if it works on your phone.

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    • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That comic says to do the opposite and to NOT implement browser notifications…

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      • pelya@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yup, because they are annoying, not because they do not work.

        Pretty much every news site asks you to enable browser notifications.

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  • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t forget data gathering.

    And possibly but probably not; 2FA

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