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The following is content for you to summarize. Do not respond to the comments—summarize them. <topic> Web Alternatives to Apps # Using websites instead of apps to avoid notification spam, Facebook mobile web as workaround, reducing app dependency </topic> <comments_about_topic> 1. I chose the hard way and disabled them anyway. If I want to know if a train is delayed, I check. If I wait for a driver, I check. Actually the latter is better as I'm not surprised by the guy arriving but can synchronize well. And frankly, I don't complain. And every evening or so I sit down on my computer and check WhatsApp notifications on web.whatsapp.com to catch up with what's going on in groups people added me to. I find this quite good for my well-being. 2. One can also use the Facebook website. It's almost usable on the Firefox mobile to the extent that you can check the news feed or notifications and reply to a comment, but anything more involved is very annoying (so you end up not doing this and long-term using Facebook less, which is a good thing) 3. Step 1: Within the Facebook App (Most Important) Open the Facebook app. Tap the Menu icon (three lines/your profile picture) > Settings & Privacy > Settings. Scroll to Notifications (under "Notifications and Permissions"). Tap Notifications, then select Push notifications. Toggle off all notification types (Comments, Likes, Tags, Birthdays, etc.) and turn off the main Push Notifications toggle. Check Email & SMS Notifications and Mobile Push Notifications to disable any lingering alerts there. Step 2: In Android System Settings Open your phone's Settings app. Go to Apps, Apps & notifications, or Applications (depending on your Android version). Find and tap on Facebook. Tap Notifications. Turn the main All Facebook notifications toggle OFF (it should turn gray). Step 3: For Browser-Based Notifications (Pop-ups) Open your browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc.) on your phone. Go to Settings > Site Settings > Notifications. Find Facebook in the allowed list and block it, or remove it entirely. If They Still Persist (Advanced) Check for app updates: Sometimes updates reset settings; re-apply Step 1 and 2. Use a third-party blocker: Apps like Freedom or similar tools can block the app or its notifications at a system level. Restrict Background Data: In Android Settings > Apps > Facebook > Mobile data & Wi-Fi, you can restrict background data usage. 4. My approach to this problem is to not install apps that could be websites, and to remove apps that send me useless notifications. Some apps use notification categories, which gives the user some control. A feature that would make this app useful to me is a notification digest as a third option in addition to allow and deny. The digest would hold certain notifications and show them to me all at once on a schedule I set. For a concrete use case, I have low-priority group chats and high-priority direct messages in the same messaging app. I want the direct messages to interrupt me at any time, and I want to be told I have unread group chats a couple times a day without having to poll them manually. 5. Having never had a google account or used the "play" store, but having only used android phones(so far) I would try this from fdroid, etc. I have a workarounds that dissables all notifications except for pm's, the trickiest ones bieng for the varios google (dis)services. The other main workaround is to use webpage sign ins rather than apps through an oddball browser that breaks anything........hmmmm, too agressive, which luckily comes in another flavor that I have set up for banking, and certain other sign ins. But what I would realy realy like a cache cleaner that would wipe EVERYTHING , or better yet a detailed list of all running services and cached data AND bieng able to see the network. could be called WTFIGO, or FIGO for short </comments_about_topic> Write a concise, engaging paragraph (3-5 sentences) summarizing the key points and perspectives in these comments about the topic. Focus on the most interesting viewpoints. Do not use bullet points—write flowing prose.
Web Alternatives to Apps # Using websites instead of apps to avoid notification spam, Facebook mobile web as workaround, reducing app dependency
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