> • When launching Chrome for the first time, you have to opt-in to Chrome notifications, but macOS pops up its own notification telling you to use Safari instead.

Link to a screenshot of this Safari notification when Chrome is run?

> Similarly, Apple News notifications are allowed by default, but you have to explicitly opt-in to notifications from other news websites.

Reference to an article about this?

> • System Preferences gets an obnoxious (1) badge next to it, because I haven't signed in to iCloud.

This is something other apps can't display...?