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Nice, I do like it it had show quite useful for certain use cases.

Pro:

- notifications without needing a account (and e.g. giving them your mail)

- notifications when you use a web app (e.g. mail), I just don't want to install a app for quite a bunch of things, best it also works in situations where you simply can't install an app (e.g. company computer)

- less persistent/annoying then mail notifcation (through depends a bit on your OS notification manager)

Cons:

- less reliable

- less persistent then mail notification

- some sites try to push them on users, but then it's a pretty good indicator for which site not to use

Os/User Specific:

- I have seen cases where Windows displayed them quite intrusive and it was non obvious where they where coming from making it hard to disable them for a non tech versatile user.

Especially when it came to web mail clients, web messenger clients and some simple entertainment sites they have shown quite useful to me while the sites I visit normally don't try to push them onto users in an annoying way.



also pro: notifications on iOS for things that won't pass apple's walled garden




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