[wpm]

I have never, not once, in the years since websites could ask me if they can send me notifications said “yes, please notify me”. The notification prompt usually is just a reminder I need to go turn off the setting that lets websites ask me this silly question.

Who is consenting to these? What is their deal? It makes no sense to me.

[scarface_74]

It’s the indy developer on HN who thinks that if only mean old Apple would enable this they could make millions by having a cross platform poorly performing web app without having to deal with the “App Store tax”.

[littlecranky67]

Yes, unfortunately there are a lot of bad players. But you say it yourself: "websites" have asked you. Its mostly news sites that think they need to push you. There are proper web apps, that will have the "Enable notifications" button in their settings/preferences and are not spamy in any way.

[uLogMicheal]

A web app built with notifications as a core feature? Like conversation reminders.