@dansup @pixelfed
You are right!
One of the challenges I see with fedi-devs is that they are shy about basic retention strategies, leaving the field wide open to profit driven competitors to dominate.

Someone complaining about something shouldn't mean that's what everyone wants.
Make them easy to disable, or even ask the user if they want to enable them, many people want notifications! (Just make them fine grain, not all or nothing)