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Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

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Complete Created: Jan 5, 06:05 PM (00:04:54)

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Article URL: https://donotnotify.com/ (137 words)

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Topics

• Alternative Solutions (19 comments) (Mentions of BuzzKill, Alertly, FilterBox, NetGuard, AutoNotification, Tasker plugins, and Before Launcher as existing alternatives for notification management)
• Open Source Necessity (16 comments) (Strong demand for open-sourcing due to security concerns around notification access, requests for F-Droid availability, mentions of trust issues with closed-source apps accessing sensitive data like OTPs and 2FA codes)
• Promotional Notification Abuse (16 comments) (Frustration with apps like Uber, DoorDash, MyGate, Facebook pushing ads through notifications, apps using single notification channels for both important alerts and marketing)
• Network Access Control (12 comments) (Android's ability or inability to block app internet access, GrapheneOS and custom ROM features, differences between Pixel, OnePlus, Samsung, and Xiaomi implementations of network toggles)
• iOS Limitations (11 comments) (iOS lacking equivalent notification filtering capabilities, Apple not allowing third-party access to notifications, iOS users unable to control notification spam effectively)
• Internet Permission Security (10 comments) (Discussion about whether lacking INTERNET permission provides sufficient security, concerns about permissions being added silently in updates, debate over slippery slope of future permission additions)
• App Store Enforcement (9 comments) (Suggestions that Play Store and App Store should enforce guidelines against notification spam, complaints about lack of enforcement against big players, too-big-to-ban problem)
• Gated Community Apps (8 comments) (MyGate as primary use case, vendor lock-in forcing notification tolerance, apartment apps with mandatory usage that spam notifications and ads)
• Permanent Silent Mode (8 comments) (Users describing keeping phones permanently on Do Not Disturb, only allowing specific contacts, philosophy of asynchronous communication)
• Notification Channels Problem (7 comments) (Apps misusing notification categories, mixing promotional with transactional notifications, creating excessive channels, lack of proper categorization enforcement)
• WhatsApp Communication Dependency (7 comments) (Third world reliance on WhatsApp calls, data-off strategies failing when calls are WhatsApp-based, messaging app notification management)
• On-Device ML Classification (5 comments) (Suggestions for lightweight on-device machine learning to classify promotional vs transactional notifications, requests for smarter filtering beyond regex patterns)
• Notification Digest Feature (5 comments) (Requests for grouping notifications, scheduled delivery of batched notifications, cooldown periods between buzzes, Android 15 notification cooldown feature)
• One Strike Policy (5 comments) (User behavior of immediately disabling all notifications from apps that send spam once, complete notification blacklisting as solution)
• Web Alternatives to Apps (5 comments) (Using websites instead of apps to avoid notification spam, Facebook mobile web as workaround, reducing app dependency)
• Battery and Performance (4 comments) (Questions about battery impact of notification processing, discussion of push-based notification handling, app showing minimal battery usage)
• Privacy-First Design (3 comments) (Appreciation for offline processing, no servers or tracking, discussion of data collection by typical utility apps, trust implications)
• Rule Sharing Challenges (3 comments) (Desire for country-wise template rules, difficulty of writing many rules manually, limitation that sharing would require internet access)
• Persistent Notification Limits (3 comments) (Android OS restrictions on dismissing persistent notifications, VPN and system notification handling limitations)
• Elderly Notification Overload (1 comment) (Comment about elderly users suffering worse from spam notifications and text messages, scale of garbage notifications targeting older users)

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[2026-01-06T02:05:47.958Z] Fetching HN page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499646
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[2026-01-06T02:05:48.268Z] Extracted title: Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android
[2026-01-06T02:05:48.295Z] Extracted linked URL: https://donotnotify.com/
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[2026-01-06T02:05:49.105Z] Extracted 119 comments
[2026-01-06T02:05:49.271Z] Extracted linked article text: 929 chars, 137 words
[2026-01-06T02:05:49.441Z] Comment word count: 5419
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[2026-01-06T02:08:43.710Z] Tagging complete: 169 total tags, 13173 input tokens, 2711 output tokens
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[2026-01-06T02:08:43.851Z] Starting step: summarize_topics (attempt 1)
[2026-01-06T02:08:43.902Z] Summarizing 20 topics
[2026-01-06T02:08:43.952Z] Summarizing topic 1/20: "Open Source Necessity # Strong demand for open-sourcing due to security concerns around notification access, requests for F-Droid availability, mentions of trust issues with closed-source apps accessing sensitive data like OTPs and 2FA codes" (16 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:08:53.326Z] Topic 1 summarized (1105 in, 170 out)
[2026-01-06T02:08:53.371Z] Summarizing topic 2/20: "Internet Permission Security # Discussion about whether lacking INTERNET permission provides sufficient security, concerns about permissions being added silently in updates, debate over slippery slope of future permission additions" (10 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:08:59.072Z] Topic 2 summarized (654 in, 111 out)
[2026-01-06T02:08:59.123Z] Summarizing topic 3/20: "Network Access Control # Android's ability or inability to block app internet access, GrapheneOS and custom ROM features, differences between Pixel, OnePlus, Samsung, and Xiaomi implementations of network toggles" (12 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:09:04.668Z] Topic 3 summarized (732 in, 107 out)
[2026-01-06T02:09:04.715Z] Summarizing topic 4/20: "Alternative Solutions # Mentions of BuzzKill, Alertly, FilterBox, NetGuard, AutoNotification, Tasker plugins, and Before Launcher as existing alternatives for notification management" (19 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:09:11.257Z] Topic 4 summarized (1741 in, 154 out)
[2026-01-06T02:09:11.306Z] Summarizing topic 5/20: "Promotional Notification Abuse # Frustration with apps like Uber, DoorDash, MyGate, Facebook pushing ads through notifications, apps using single notification channels for both important alerts and marketing" (16 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:09:17.064Z] Topic 5 summarized (1314 in, 168 out)
[2026-01-06T02:09:17.117Z] Summarizing topic 6/20: "App Store Enforcement # Suggestions that Play Store and App Store should enforce guidelines against notification spam, complaints about lack of enforcement against big players, too-big-to-ban problem" (9 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:09:24.457Z] Topic 6 summarized (963 in, 139 out)
[2026-01-06T02:09:24.498Z] Summarizing topic 7/20: "Notification Channels Problem # Apps misusing notification categories, mixing promotional with transactional notifications, creating excessive channels, lack of proper categorization enforcement" (7 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:09:31.131Z] Topic 7 summarized (964 in, 140 out)
[2026-01-06T02:09:31.187Z] Summarizing topic 8/20: "iOS Limitations # iOS lacking equivalent notification filtering capabilities, Apple not allowing third-party access to notifications, iOS users unable to control notification spam effectively" (11 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:09:38.408Z] Topic 8 summarized (914 in, 99 out)
[2026-01-06T02:09:38.454Z] Summarizing topic 9/20: "Battery and Performance # Questions about battery impact of notification processing, discussion of push-based notification handling, app showing minimal battery usage" (4 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:09:44.180Z] Topic 9 summarized (464 in, 108 out)
[2026-01-06T02:09:44.221Z] Summarizing topic 10/20: "On-Device ML Classification # Suggestions for lightweight on-device machine learning to classify promotional vs transactional notifications, requests for smarter filtering beyond regex patterns" (5 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:09:49.057Z] Topic 10 summarized (553 in, 99 out)
[2026-01-06T02:09:49.102Z] Summarizing topic 11/20: "Notification Digest Feature # Requests for grouping notifications, scheduled delivery of batched notifications, cooldown periods between buzzes, Android 15 notification cooldown feature" (5 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:09:53.923Z] Topic 11 summarized (493 in, 108 out)
[2026-01-06T02:09:53.966Z] Summarizing topic 12/20: "Gated Community Apps # MyGate as primary use case, vendor lock-in forcing notification tolerance, apartment apps with mandatory usage that spam notifications and ads" (8 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:10:00.089Z] Topic 12 summarized (743 in, 129 out)
[2026-01-06T02:10:00.139Z] Summarizing topic 13/20: "Privacy-First Design # Appreciation for offline processing, no servers or tracking, discussion of data collection by typical utility apps, trust implications" (3 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:10:04.595Z] Topic 13 summarized (349 in, 102 out)
[2026-01-06T02:10:04.643Z] Summarizing topic 14/20: "Permanent Silent Mode # Users describing keeping phones permanently on Do Not Disturb, only allowing specific contacts, philosophy of asynchronous communication" (8 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:10:11.568Z] Topic 14 summarized (639 in, 130 out)
[2026-01-06T02:10:11.617Z] Summarizing topic 15/20: "One Strike Policy # User behavior of immediately disabling all notifications from apps that send spam once, complete notification blacklisting as solution" (5 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:10:17.047Z] Topic 15 summarized (651 in, 115 out)
[2026-01-06T02:10:17.088Z] Summarizing topic 16/20: "Rule Sharing Challenges # Desire for country-wise template rules, difficulty of writing many rules manually, limitation that sharing would require internet access" (3 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:10:21.405Z] Topic 16 summarized (262 in, 92 out)
[2026-01-06T02:10:21.454Z] Summarizing topic 17/20: "Persistent Notification Limits # Android OS restrictions on dismissing persistent notifications, VPN and system notification handling limitations" (3 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:10:25.955Z] Topic 17 summarized (303 in, 115 out)
[2026-01-06T02:10:25.998Z] Summarizing topic 18/20: "WhatsApp Communication Dependency # Third world reliance on WhatsApp calls, data-off strategies failing when calls are WhatsApp-based, messaging app notification management" (7 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:10:31.816Z] Topic 18 summarized (492 in, 98 out)
[2026-01-06T02:10:31.860Z] Summarizing topic 19/20: "Elderly Notification Overload # Comment about elderly users suffering worse from spam notifications and text messages, scale of garbage notifications targeting older users" (1 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:10:35.289Z] Topic 19 summarized (159 in, 87 out)
[2026-01-06T02:10:35.335Z] Summarizing topic 20/20: "Web Alternatives to Apps # Using websites instead of apps to avoid notification spam, Facebook mobile web as workaround, reducing app dependency" (5 comments)
[2026-01-06T02:10:41.587Z] Topic 20 summarized (921 in, 128 out)
[2026-01-06T02:10:41.614Z] Summarization complete: 20 topics, 14416 input tokens, 2399 output tokens
[2026-01-06T02:10:41.643Z] Completed step: summarize_topics in 117760ms
[2026-01-06T02:10:41.715Z] Job completed successfully

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