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xkcd #3074: Push Notifications (xkcd.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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NOTIFICATION: Now dismissing a head of the Notification Hydra… NOTIFICATION: Success! You have dismissed a head of the Notification Hydra!

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There's very few people on the internet who I trust enough to give them complete control of my browser. Randall is definitely one of them, probably the top one.

Spam away sir.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

Browser-based notifications are easy to turn off, and it's probably the only way to get a message on a desktop PC without subscribing to email or using RSS. Also you don't need to install an app on your phone.