Comment by nine_k
On Android, it is really easy to turn notifications off by default, and only selectively allow the ones you need, e.g. from the calendar.
On Android, it is really easy to turn notifications off by default, and only selectively allow the ones you need, e.g. from the calendar.
Until recently (moved to GrapheneOS) I ran stock Android for years and never had an issue with turning any notifications from default apps. Maybe this is different with other manufactures and custom OS version (e.g., Samsung's)? I think the only thing that bugged me was Google Play pushing new features/ways to give them money, but that was only within the app itself when I opened it. Notifications of that sort were all easily blocked. The only notifications I got and get are ones I want (99% of it are messages from messaging apps, calendar reminders, and alarms).
My Motorola phone gives me a notification asking me to rate the audio quality after every single call. I can't turn off those notifications without rooting the phone. All I can do is uninstall updates to the phone app and disable automatic updates for that app, so at least they won't add more notification spam and can't keep rearranging the UI of the most important app on the phone.
Oh yeah, it's super easy to turn off notifications from any app except the built–in adware.