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How fixing notifications changed my relationship with my phone

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4 min read . Updated: 27 Jan 2023, 01:00 AM IST Nicole Nguyen, The Wall Street Journal

Apps ask permission to send push notifications and we oblige because, sure, it’d be nice to know when packages are delivered (Photo: Bloomberg) — Apps ask permission to send push notifications and we oblige because, sure, it’d be nice to know when packages are delivered (Photo: Bloomberg)

Culling notifications, batching alerts and disabling red badges quelled the madness

Until recently, I was stuck in phone-notification hell.

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