[Jtsummers]

They also often show up in bad locations, requiring you to dismiss them explicitly so you can continue using other UI elements.

[licorices]

This is sometimes intentional. Some design it that way to ensure that if they are going to do a certain action, that they have seen the toast. Obviously far from being the case all the time, but it happens that it is intentional sometimes.

[Griffinsauce]

That would make it an Alert or Dialog masquerading as a toast, no?