They were a good indicator for notifications that are missed when you were away from phone.

  • @orion2145@lemmy.world
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    531 year ago

    Being honest I think the opposite of this is more likely true. Seeing a flashing indicator for all the notifications my phone “thinks” are important is going to make me more likely to constantly check my phone. Barring that I check when I want to. And with the new passive display modes I can glance and decide whether to even unlock or not.

    • @why_rob_y@lemmy.world
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      111 year ago

      passive display

      This is the real answer for OP. Those lights were replaced. Maybe OP (and maybe me as well, I haven’t really thought about it) would prefer to still have the notification LED, but to the hardware manufacturers they replaced those with something “cooler”.