The one change that worked: I set my phone to ‘do not disturb’ three years ago – and have never looked back
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Late to the party, then. Most people I know disabled them a decade ago and didnt look back.
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I mean, you can set DND to be on at certain times so that, short of an emergency that is sent tagged as such, you won't get notifications during certain hours of the day or night. Y'all don't need to get all bohemian self righteous with the whole "I've disconnected from the world through my phone and have never looked back". Seriously, get over yourself. We all have our crosses to bare and DND is a great feature for some "leave me alone" time but there's no need to become a virtual hermit in order to have some peace and quiet.
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Been on silent for over a decade too, but in an outlier and friends phones are so damn annoying.
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Removing Google Play Services did the trick for me. No more marketing notifications, just bliss and essential notifs from foss apps that don't use Google. No more compromise with these fucking corps.
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Own your notifications or they will surely own you.
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Should have it set to repeated calls from any number ring through.
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I miss blinkenlights on smartphones. They went out of style circa 2015, and now all you get is the screen turning on momentarily, or some variant of a dim always-on view that wastes battery.
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And it's great my buddy's first thought was that my dad lived a block away and is a doctor.
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They don't blink except for the red one when it's charging and stops when it's full. The notification ones are solid. Yes, they are really nice to have!
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Good for you. Unfortunately that's not the case with most people, or else it wouldn't be an article
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Yeah, it IS good for me. Sorry you're only just now figuring this out.
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Ofc I can set it like that for the whole app but does it allow phone calls to get through?
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Same. My first "smart"phone was a Nokia N95 and I had so much excitement back then
Then I realized: hey man, I can't actually do anything that I need to do on this thing..
But at least it takes really nice photos?
