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How Smartphone Notifications Got Out Of Control | UX With Lauren Goode | WIRED

Many smartphone users get 80 or more notifications a day. WIRED’s Lauren Goode examines how all those notifications are affecting us, what to do about them, and how we even ended up with so many in the first place. ►► Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and…

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  1. Pepins Spot

    July 1, 2019 at 3:51 am

    Lazy asses. Just go to the settings and deactivate the notification for the app. It’s not hard.

  2. its just luke Revive

    July 1, 2019 at 4:21 am

    “Hey I’ve got mail!”

  3. stephan verbeeck

    July 1, 2019 at 6:23 am

    greed

  4. Frank ILYY

    July 1, 2019 at 6:48 am

    I’ve always turned off vibration, the phone is always muted completely and is lying display down if on a table. This way, I’ve never developed “phantom phone syndrome” etc. I only check for notifications on demand, when I decide to check. And yeah, I never pick up when someone is calling that way; I call back when I see fit.

  5. xRAzorxDicex

    July 1, 2019 at 6:35 pm

    LOOOOOOL I GET 0 NOTIFICATIONS! I have no friends and family xD. Busy phone losers xD. Food delivery and cam girls coming online are my only notifications. Get good rookies! looooooooool

  6. Game Field

    July 1, 2019 at 7:53 pm

    I get a trillion notifications a day and I’m somehow not annoyed by it

    I’m starting to think I’m a wizard

  7. 7curiogeo

    July 2, 2019 at 12:05 am

    Haha pissed me off so much, I shut down all notification.

  8. sent4dc

    July 2, 2019 at 4:40 am

    So what’s the problem? Disable those notifications. In an iPhone go to Settings -> Notifications and turn them off in most apps that bug you the most. And also, never enable them when you install a new app. My phone never rings or buzzes. All allowed notifications come through icon badges only (those red numbers on icons.) Those are not obtrusive. To see them you have to turn on your phone.

  9. Craig Merkey

    July 2, 2019 at 5:56 am

    great story… I have had my phone on silent for almost 2 years… it seems like a much better way to move around my days… people still expect immediate responses!?!? I always tell them if you are bleeding or dying call 911 otherwise you can wait… I can tell that doesn’t land well… maybe someone else can help you with your fix…

  10. Smellavision

    July 2, 2019 at 9:57 pm

    tip of the day: if you’re on a video chat, try not to aim the camera directly up your nose

  11. Smellavision

    July 2, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    the only notifications i have turned on are for text messages and one email account

  12. Big Boss

    July 2, 2019 at 11:09 pm

    Of all the shirts … it was that one

  13. Robert Gardner

    July 3, 2019 at 2:07 am

    Lauren Goode so fine😩

  14. Robert Gardner

    July 3, 2019 at 2:09 am

    I don’t understand how it’s a problem. The turn off notifications button is just a tap away🤔

  15. Hugo Santos

    July 3, 2019 at 7:17 am

    Literally there are settings at the exact moment of receiving a notification to manage the notifications for that application on iOS.

  16. Luis Figueiredo

    July 3, 2019 at 5:40 pm

    I have no social media and no friends… so I don’t get any notifications, even if I’d want to 😀

  17. James Heal

    July 3, 2019 at 7:28 pm

    wow. People pay so little attention (despite rampant narcissism) to themselves that they need a video to tell them about the notifications on their phone and the health effects. What a Sad world.

  18. James Heal

    July 3, 2019 at 7:33 pm

    Funny the inventor of the pop-up ad said that “we never intended it for it to be what it is” now we’re hearing this about phone notifications.

    Fool me once….

    I think the reality of the situation is that Humanity creates without thinking. Much like we do everything else.

  19. jnazor

    July 4, 2019 at 5:50 am

    Matias is the Palm Pre dude!

  20. Doug Grinbergs

    July 4, 2019 at 7:19 am

    Lousy remote interview audio listener experience (:-(

  21. Doug Grinbergs

    July 4, 2019 at 7:26 am

    Alas, no one switch to turn off all notifications/contexts. (:-( Maybe OS ships with *no* notifications enabled in any app?

  22. Loki27

    July 4, 2019 at 11:07 am

    Glad I’m on iOS. I can close all of them easily.

  23. Philip Game

    July 4, 2019 at 1:18 pm

    A video for this really

  24. Hugo Brown

    July 5, 2019 at 2:17 am

    I have turned off all my notifications. I get a bad feeling. Not a good feeling. BUNZ is the only one I keep on. I used to unplug my phone before the Internet. Stop bothering me!

  25. Hugo Brown

    July 5, 2019 at 2:18 am

    Missing out on what?

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