Here is Google showing blatant malicious compliance to their own standards. "You want security notifications for payments made through your account? Have a side of ads with that". They've fallen real low since the days of "do no harm" 😞

There should be a legal requirement to call a targeted advertisement a targeted advertisement. Being allowed to call them "recommendations" only makes these assholes feel emboldened to push ads where people wouldn't normally accept them. Microsoft is pulling that dirty trick as well.

They know exactly what they're doing. They're never ignorant of this shit, it's 100 percent intentional. So much for not being evil.

Yeah Starbucks does the same thing with "Promotions and Order Status". :/

There's an app, and I'm sure others like it, called Tidy Panel that lets you block notifications based on the content they have. The free version let's you block a handful, but you need premium for unlimited. For you, the free might be enough.

I completely disabled all notifications from Google play. There isn't a single one worth of it.

That said, when I open it (like once every 2 months) I have a permanent dot on the notification area, with a notification that goes about 'plz enable notifications so we can spam you'

Just like dating apps, if you want notification of a message or match, you have to get ad notifications daily

This should be better with /e/OS or lineageOS, but you have to jump through several hoops (and often lose your warranty) when you install them instead of your default Android OS.

Unfortunately most devices block them completely, but the Pixel phones are supported (as far as I know).

you can unsubscribe from "recommendations" separately tbf (or decline subscription in the firsr place)

I think you can click it and choose from within it. Normally on android, when there is a switch with a line next to it, that means it's clickable and has more options.

I had to specifically mute all of my notifications because I couldn't find out what app was causing them and it was driving me nuts. Steps below for a Pixel phone if anyone is interested in how to mute notifications without having to go into vibrate mode.

For a Pixel 7 phone:

Settings -> Sound & Vibration -> Default notification sound -> My Sounds -> None

I always got receipts and cancellation infos via the mail connected to the Google account. One time there was no balance and I had no payment methods set up and I got "Your Google Play balance is too low to pay for your {app name} subscription. To keep your subscription active, please add credit or a new payment method."

So, if you get email notifications you probably don't need that.