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In my opinion, Android [or an Open Source fork of it] could strongly use a sandbox model that would allow me to "grant" that permission to the app, without actually allowing it to access anything outside of a dedicated container that the user has complete control over.

'''Useless notifications to boost engagement and facilitate tracking'''

Initially, notifications on the site were used to inform the user of events that warranted their attention, such as a new post to their wall, a direct message or interactions with their posts. Clicking the notification icon would clear its state. However, at some point Facebook started to trigger notifications when the user was inactive for too long in order to get them to engage with the platform more, which would then in turn indirectly increase their ad exposure. It was also no longer possible to fully clear the notifications because new ones would appear instantly. E-Mail notifications with the clear intent of getting the user to go to the platform rather than informing the user of something relevant are also sent on a regular basis.

This creates a constant sense of the user having unfinished business and missing out on something potentially important on the platform even though this is clearly not the case.

This was exacerbated when mobile platforms became more relevant because they allow app vendors to display notifications on the home screen of the device as well as red badges with notification counts or exclamation marks overlaid over the app icon. Incoming notifications also allow mobile apps to be woken from suspended energy saving state and do active processing in the foreground, which makes it easier for Facebook to do background tracking and transmit information back more often. This practice was also adopted by Instagram when Meta (then called Facebook) took over the platform.

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 In my opinion, Android [or an Open Source fork of it] could strongly use a sandbox model that would allow me to "grant" that permission to the app, without actually allowing it to access anything outside of a dedicated container that the user has complete control over.
+'''Useless notifications to boost engagement and facilitate tracking'''<!-- Maybe this warrants its own explanation, seeing that it has since become a commonly used dark pattern -->
+Initially, notifications on the site were used to inform the user of events that warranted their attention, such as a new post to their wall, a direct message or interactions with their posts. Clicking the notification icon would clear its state. However, at some point Facebook started to trigger notifications when the user was inactive for too long in order to get them to engage with the platform more, which would then in turn indirectly increase their ad exposure. It was also no longer possible to fully clear the notifications because new ones would appear instantly. E-Mail notifications with the clear intent of getting the user to go to the platform rather than informing the user of something relevant are also sent on a regular basis.
+This creates a constant sense of the user having unfinished business and missing out on something potentially important on the platform even though this is clearly not the case.
+This was exacerbated when mobile platforms became more relevant because they allow app vendors to display notifications on the home screen of the device as well as red badges with notification counts or exclamation marks overlaid over the app icon. Incoming notifications also allow mobile apps to be woken from suspended energy saving state and do active processing in the foreground, which makes it easier for Facebook to do background tracking and transmit information back more often. This practice was also adopted by Instagram when Meta (then called Facebook) took over the platform.
 ===Meta Oculus VR===