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Notifications are the new cigarettes. Here is the warning label they will never print.

I am old enough to remember when cigarettes came without warnings, when the harm was obvious to me long before it was printed on the box. I am watching the same slow story play out again, and this time the product is the notification.

The Grim Reaper · May 30, 2026 · 4 min read · #notifications

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