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Here is proof that it is an intentionally-bad feature:

Web pages can tell if you enabled notifications.

The last time I checked, Slack used this to break unrelated functionality until you gave it browser notification permission, and re-broke itself if you disabled permissions after enabling them. Otherwise, there is no reason to enable it or install the app. (You can deny notifications per app, at least on apple platforms).

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Apps do the same when you ensure limited access to photos out contacts. Some block accounts created with iCloud/hide my email.

It’s toxic and should be banned

Same with iOS (and I presume Android)! So many apps will add extra nags inside the app until you enable notifications. But then as long as you do, they'll send you spam notifications on a frequent basis.

Microsoft 365 [whatever/copilot] apps on Android. If you enable notifications in Outlook you course get notifications when it updates to new version. Or the Office app shows a notification that it can open every PDF you download.

And yet, you don't get an Outlook notification if you receive new mail that gets sorted in to a Inbox subfolder.

Because nobody would ever want that.

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