• supercriticalcheese
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    1 year ago

    I don’t recall seeing a popup like this from Google, but even still a popup in the os should be for important messages not for advertising

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      1 year ago

      They do, and it’s also mentioned in the article. While I agree, for many people the browser is effectively their os, and so we shouldn’t discount the weight of browser notifications simply because they’re not originating from the host os.