I just set my phone to silent a couple years back and have never been happier. Have I missed a few phone calls? Yeah, but that is acceptable collateral damage.

I otherwise check on my own terms and that’s fine by me…(read: I pick up my phone, notice the number of notifications, and just click Clear All)

I had some app that I don’t remember, and with some certain update its permanent notification got somehow fucked and it was sending notifications every second.