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ELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone? (lemmy.world)

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They were a good indicator for notifications that are missed when you were away from phone.

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[–] [email protected] 166 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Their absence encourages you to check your phone more often, which means you'll unlock it and look at some content more often, which means as revenue for someone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

In Apple's case it's a subtle encouragement to buy their watch.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don’t believe the iPhone ever had an LED notification light. The iPhone existed well before the watch did, as well.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I shouldn't have doubted Apple's campaign for minimalism > functionality

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