The reason for Android’s Notification system being better than iOS, is solely due to the ability to turn off individual aspects of an application’s notifications.

Google, the poor multi-billion dollar scrappy startup that maintains Android, made a payment app that has one notification setting, “Google Pay”. So all the ads, promotions, everything.

3rd party apps like PhonePe & Paytm have a better system.

How do you manage to maintain this OS?

@MishaalRahman @androidfaithful @android@lemdro.id @android@lemmy.world

  • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    42·
    1 year ago

    As someone with GPay installed and notify for it enabled right now:

    What ads and promotions? I only ever get “you paid for this shit” notifications

    • Nath@aussie.zoneEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      This thread prompted me to look into the Wallet notification settings. There was a setting where Google could send you notifications. I just turned those off. I don’t want them, but I also can’t remember ever getting one.

      I don’t really understand what the controversy is about. If an app abuses its notifications permissions to send me spam, I disable it. The post is right, granular notification settings in Android are great. I carry both android and iOS around every day and iOS notifications just kind of build up and periodically get cleared all at once. Too much noise in there. The android notifications are things I actually care about and want to be notified about in a timely fashion.

    • This Is ARTman@mastodon.worldOP
      4·
      1 year ago

      @gamermanh

      This kind of promotion. Sure, it’s not a frequent issue, but you’re telling me you (Google) maintain an OS where everyone has to follow the rules for a certain way, except you? I call bullshit.

      • SteveTech@programming.devEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        Can also confirm I do not get ads/promotions from Google Wallet, and Google Pay isn’t an app anymore, so maybe you should make sure you have a legit version. I only get the you just paid notifications, which I would want to get.

        Can you show an example of the notifications you’re getting?

        • CrinterScaked@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I have GPay and I frequently get notifications telling me to claim their reward points. Those notifications aren’t configurable separately from the payment notifications at the OS level. Super annoying.