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> Click the lock to give your browser permission to send you notifications then refresh the page.

I feel like browser manufacturers need to make "This website would like to embed itself into your browser and send you push notifications indefinitely" pop-up a little bit more scary if websites are getting this scummy.

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Who is even using these browser notifications willingly at all?

I have enabled notifications on gitter (for a project I'm a maintainer of) when I'm directly mentioned. That's a legit use-case.

But pretty much every other prompt has been obnoxious.

A friend and I made www.timetaco.com, which gives you a countdown to an event you specify, and can send you a notification a few minutes earlier. I think that's one of the few legit use cases I've seen.

That and autoplay videos, seem to be a race in obnoxiousness

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