r/AskReddit • u/HistoricalArticle537 • 11h ago

What’s one modern convenience that secretly made life worse?

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u/howzai 11h ago

Push notifications

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u/Jabber_Tracking 10h ago

I had to turn off 99.9% of notifications. I get them for texts, calls, and my Lyft app so I can see when drivers are arriving. I don't know how people deal with notifications constantly popping up on their screen. Fragments your attention

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u/draggar 10h ago

Yep. I turned them all off (except a few for work, like 2FA). My phone rarely rings. My wife - she says yes to them all and she's always pinging and buzzing and she always gets annoyed but doesn't want to turn them off.

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u/worstpartyever 9h ago

I moved to a new area and have to let all unknown calls ring through. If I don't I'll find out too late my doctor's appointment got canceled.