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I've learned recently that iOS does not separate notifications into channels. You either get them or you don't.

You can't turn off ads for apps and keep the notifications you care about.

The shittiest Huawei phone has this critical feature. And that's just one.
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Clever_Moniker
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@r000t @greentext @coolboymew Phones have been ultra cringe since they got rid of easily replaceable batteries
BSD/r000t
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@CleverMoniker
(This was actually done to increase storage performance.)
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Clever_Moniker
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@r000t @greentext @coolboymew the notifications thing?
BSD/r000t
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@CleverMoniker
No, the battery thing.

If you can yoink the battery at a whim, you're likely to do so. Probably without powering the phone down. This has an amazingly high chance of leaving the filesystem, or any number of apps' state* inconsistent and corrupted.

So you can either block execution until writes have for sure hit storage, or seal the battery and be able to use the page cache.
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@r000t @greentext @coolboymew I see, i still prefer to be able to do it tho because yeah, i turn the phone off before doing it just like a computer. Also they make it overly cumbersome in the newer ones, it's glued on and such so it won't really go back to normal after you put it back and even can shatter their cover.
cool_boy_mew
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@r000t @greentext wait, there's a way to potentially blocks notifs you don't want in Android?
BSD/r000t
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@coolboymew
Long press a notification, or go to an app's info/settings.

You can block them entirely, make them collapsed, or show/not show titles/content on the lock screen, or always be silent, or always make noise, or use a different sound, etc.

YouTube and Fedilab as examples.

God damn I love using a real phone.
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@r000t @greentext oh god, I don't know why I never bothered to check, but the stupid uber apps DOES have the ads notifications in a separate category you can turn off

Thank god I can do this now
BSD/r000t
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Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov
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@r000t @r000t @coolboymew @greentext every now and then I'm once again surprised at how Americans overwhelmingly use iPhones
Relected
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@r000t @coolboymew @greentext >not using revanced
ngmi
BSD/r000t
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@Relected
Vancels seething over premiumchads
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@r000t @Relected @greentext I use newpipe and pretty much just to put ASMR on to relax in bed
Relected
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@coolboymew @r000t @greentext I use it to listen to lofi while studying
Relected
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@r000t @greentext @coolboymew get off of their dick and wake up liberal
Birdulon
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@r000t @Relected @greentext @coolboymew If you like paying subscriptions to not get ads, there's a phone ecosystem you might prefer to Android! :blobcat3c:
BSD/r000t
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@birdulon This one service turns out to be a better economic decision for me; For my particular set of inputs, the sub ends up being economically advantageous here.

The value of my time * the number of hours I would need to spend per month to for-sure block 100% of ads across every device that six people use is *more* than the monthly fee. I would be *foolish* to go a different path.

If we want to act high and mighty, I'm absolutely sure there's *something* you pay for that I can smugly scoff at.
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Birdulon
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@r000t @greentext @coolboymew @Relected wait, you're actually sensitive about this?
BSD/r000t
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@birdulon No, I just don't like elitism from *any* camp. @greentext @coolboymew @Relected

Birdulon
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@r000t @greentext @coolboymew @Relected from what I've seen, smart TVs are usually the breaking point for people giving up and embracing these services
BSD/r000t
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@birdulon *that* I couldn't do anymore. When I literally had cash to launder, that was doable, but when I'm broke, I'm not paying $70 to watch the same fucking news channels say the same shit and then show me the same ads for medications I don't want.

*that* math says fuck the police, steal everything. @greentext @coolboymew @Relected

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@r000t @greentext @coolboymew i love huawei :chinaman: :marseychinchilla:
mushroom 🍄
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@r000t @greentext @coolboymew imagine needing notifications
I would just not
(most notifications are turned off on my phone)