Google will soon block Chrome notifications from websites that the company deems to be “disruptive” or likely to be spam.
Google is working to cut down on the number of unwanted Chrome notifications you receive by blocking notifications from websites that the company deems to be “disruptive.”
Notifications in Google Chrome – and the web in general – are undeniably a problem right now. Some days it feels like nearly every website you try to browse prompts for permission to send you notifications, oftentimes without you having ever clicked a button. Between websites that constantly ask for permission to use cookies and apps that need to ask for many permissions to work at all, it can be easy to unthinkingly click “Allow” when asked if you want to receive notifications. Before you know it, your web browser is periodically getting pinged with the latest recipes from a site you’ve completely forgotten about. Things are even worse if you end up subscribed to Chrome notifications from a website that sends outright spam. Google has already made some headway on this issue in recent years, “quieting” the notification prompt from websites that abuse notifications or ask for permission in a misleading way. When a site has been quieted in this way, Chrome also warns that the site may be trying to trick you. Now the company is trying a stronger approach to combating notification spam.
