[crossroadsguy]

I did all of this and it has served me well — as far as distractions and unwanted comms go. The problem is, now whenever I get that isolated spam (still happens daily or few times a week — just a little) it gets on my nerves, almost like a rage. Because it feels like a violation. For others I see, they don’t even register it.

[nerdsniper]

I feel similarly whenever I carefully set notifications for apps, turning off everything but the most essential ones (like “your driver is arriving” from Uber) and then the corporation uses the only remaining notification channel to send me marketing engagement notifications like “20% off your next 3 rides!!”

I get pretty upset at this. I have a 1 strike policy for most apps. Now even Uber just doesn't get any notifications at all on my phone.

Same for email spam. If I didn’t opt in or if I unsubscribed and still get emails, or if unsubscribing requires more than 2 clicks, every single one gets reporter to Google as spam. If there’s no unsubscribe link I report it to the FTC.

I do it out of principle. If everyone took an absolutist hard line on these things, the world would be a tiny bit better.