Your phone's notification settings and the meaning of life

App developers know we’re hardwired to stick with the default option

In the face of endless notifications, many smartphone users have learnt helplessness. PHOTO: PEXELS
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(FINANCIAL TIMES) - Switching to a new phone is easy enough these days. The wheezing older model formed a huddle with the shiny oversized new thing, and within a few minutes had effected a near-complete digital handover.

One exception was the notification settings. As they reset to the default, my new phone began to beep and buzz incessantly, like the strange offspring of R2-D2 and a cheap vibrator.

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