Somehow, TikTok is sending me notifications even though I don't have the app. And in order to disable them I have to install it.
Somehow, TikTok is sending me notifications even though I don't have the app. And in order to disable them I have to install it.
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You have allowed tick-tock website to send you notifications I guess. If so, you can clear this permission in your browser settings.
Website based notifications are the most idiotic, stupid, abusive thing ever in the current internet scene.
I work in IT and they cause so many issues. I 100% blame google and anyone else that added this feature to their browser.
Quite like the way that iOS handles it now. The only sites alllowed to request to send notifications are ones you have added to your Home Screen as PWAs
What's the issue? Are people just randomly accepting notification permission requests all the time? 😲
It's the same mentality as people just pressing "Next" in an installer and wonder why their browser homepage is hijacked or why there are programs that they never installed. People see the "Block" or "Accept" options in the notifications dialog and press Accept without even reading, especially on mobile browsers (Chrome) where it asks you as if it's a system message.
It's tough for me to accept that these poor people still exist haha. I remember back in 2005 or so clearing upwards of 5 toolbars from various relatives' browsers, but not so much since. I suppose notification management is the modern equivalent.
These people will never go away. The people have 16 push messages an hour, are the same people who had 7 IE toolbars, are the same people who had their VCR blinking 12:00, are the same people who couldn't get the channel on their radio, are the same people who (presumably) kept buying snakeoil potions.
These are the people who would rather be annoyed at something than fix it, they're the people who will spend hours living with problems rather than spend 1 hour learning how to resolve it.
Some even take pride in how little they know.
Chrome makes it REEEEEALLY easy to accept these permissions now. I run into it a TON helping folks at my job.
They sure are and when you ask them about it, they never remember allowing it.
Yes.
I've done tech support for a few elder relatives, and most of them have a wall of browser notifications to a bunch of random crap, because they say yes to every popup that appears 🤦♂️
It's pretty concerning that their first reaction to a random question is yes....
Like most problems in IT I blame the users for randomly clicking button they don't understand.
Init is part of the specification so it was always going to be added.
But google are the ones that implemented it first and pushed to have it added to the spec
Yeah, because it was needed for PWAs to be viable.
There is no problem if you don't just press random buttons without reading the dialog box. Like OP clearly did.
They're useful in some cases. I used to use the Twitter website (PWA) and it was nice to get notifications without having to install the full bloated app. I use them for forums and web-based chat (like TheLounge IRC client), too
Just another type of popup I have my ad/script blockers block. As much as I hate that, I hate sites that don't even let you back the fuck out properly even more.
CBS News, which is often shared on aggregates like this and Reddit, was one of the worst. I've had shady scam/porn sites that were easier to go back/close than CBS's god damn website.
Oh, since I use Firefox is that why I have never seen this ? Good to know .
Firefox supports notifications. What it doesn't support is PWAs.
A PWA is what Voyager/wefwef is.
It doesn't support PWAs on desktop, I'm writing this comment from voyager running on firefox android
Fortunately, I have kept this “feature” disabled since it was introduced to browsers.
I don’t know how does it look like, how does it function, and how annoying it is.
Same, I am yet to find a website notification that is actually useful to me.
"Would you like to get notifications abou--"
"Fuck no, I'm only putting up with your website's bs to read this article, and fuck off with your auto play video. Me hitting pause and scrolling down does not mean I want you to make it float on my screen and resume playing."
I suppose I must have at some point lol. Chrome doesn't list it specifically but I did have website notifications on. I guess another solution would be let them finish deleting my account for inactivity 😂
One thing to remember in the future, is that recent versions of Android let you long-press on a notification(or half-drag in some modded OEM versions) and it'll tell you what App sent that notification, and even give you options to disable that specific notification or all notifications from that app in general.
I've literally never even seen a website notification. I wasn't aware they were a thing that existed. I imagine if you follow these simple steps, you too can enjoy the internet without fear.
- download Firefox
- install Ublock Origin
- don't use tiktok
- download Firefox
- install Ublock Origin
Neither of those will help with notifications. Firefox also supports web push, as they should since it is in the spec.
Do you know if there is a way to disable these website notifications on Firefox?
Yes, in settings->site permisisons, you can change notifications from ask to allow to block.
Perfect! Thank you for that!! 😊
Step 1: duckduckgo Step 2: set fire to the entire browser. Burn it down.
Step 3: stahp going to those places which make you burn it all down.