For android apps, messages/popups/alerts come in categories, and you can turn them off in the settings precisely be cause the OS developers anticipated that there'd be difference of opinion between users and app developers on what the user really wants to see.
It feels like we need something similar for "emergency" alerts. Tornado is an emergency. Invasion is an emergency. Nuclear launch detected is an emergency. A shooting 400 miles away is a tragedy, but not a cause to immediately seek shelter.
On iOS, I believe you can get banned from the app store if you use notifications irresponsibly. Maybe Apple should have a word with Texas.
It's a great feature but the abuse continued because there's no enforcement that alerts actually get split up, so most apps just have a single channel and pile important/useful alerts in with marketing BS anyway. Basically every app I use to actually interact with a service has done this, and therefore has notification permissions removed (or I outright uninstall the app when I don't need it)
It feels like we need something similar for "emergency" alerts. Tornado is an emergency. Invasion is an emergency. Nuclear launch detected is an emergency. A shooting 400 miles away is a tragedy, but not a cause to immediately seek shelter.
On iOS, I believe you can get banned from the app store if you use notifications irresponsibly. Maybe Apple should have a word with Texas.