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@darkuncle @aral Absolutely. I think the solution for such an issue would be to properly communicate what an option means so that the user can make a proper decision.

One possible tactic that comes to mind is if a user opts to not enable notifications from the prompt, display a second prompt along the lines of "Are you sure? You won't get notified and will have to open the app to check messages. You can change this option in this menu later." and lock the confirmation and cancellation options behind a 3-5 second timer so that the user is more likely to actually read the warning and not thoughtlessly tap the confirm option just to get rid of it. I don't have years of experience designing and testing UX though so there's probably better ways to accomplish the goal.

@darkuncle @aral I imagine if I were to disable notifications, it would be because I intend to only engage with the app on my terms rather than having the app try to get my attention, perhaps away from other things I want to be focused on instead.
But that isn't actually relevant to the problem. A user doesn't owe anyone justification for how they set something up for themselves, and an app should be something that accommodates their needs, rather than demanding certain behaviour from them.
And like Aral said, the option isn't just a one-time "Yes" and "No" - as in "Alright, I'll enable notifications" vs "No, I want to keep them disabled" - it only has "Not now", which means the app will continue to send the prompt in the future, which does not respect the user's choice.

@aral @Mer__edith I have notifications enabled without showing any content so I don't experience such persistent messages, but I've seen several comments from people complaining about Signal constantly trying to get them to enable notifications so I don't doubt that is the case. The user makes a conscious choice to enable or disable notifications and they have their reasons for whatever they choose; an app bombarding them with demands to have an option be set a certain way isn't respecting of their decision.

@evacide here's the leak that fucked up his shit btw.