Google is updating the Chrome web browser to automatically revoke notification permissions for websites that haven’t been visited recently, to reduce alert overload.
Google Chrome to revoke notification access for inactive sites
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twinnie@feddit.uk 4 days ago
Has anyone ever let a website send them notifications?
nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.dev 2 days ago
They are almost exclusively used predatorially to trick people into allowing them & serving them ads. Cookie banners have made clicking “okay” a reflex when visiting a site, and will get a lot of people if they can get the allow notifications pop-up first
misk@piefed.social 4 days ago
My potential father in law is very good at it.