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		rob74 on July 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The science behind an iPhone dumb phone Agree 100%! It's really annoying how games (yeah, I confess, I installed a "free-to-play" game recently, I should have known better) and over-gamified apps (looking at you Duolingo) want to "engage" you by flooding you with notifications. "You're back at full hearts, use Duolingo now!" "Only 00:59 left to continue your streak!" (with a live countdown in the notification no less) and so on...

robertlagrant on July 16, 2024 [–]

That's a good example. Duolingo really left me with a bad taste. All the silly emails enticing me to come back seemed so manipulative.

nunez on July 16, 2024 | [–]

For sure. I turned off Duolingo's notifications within two minutes of installing it. Great app otherwise!

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