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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being honest I think the opposite of this is more likely true. Seeing a flashing indicator for all the notifications my phone “thinks” are important is going to make me more likely to constantly check my phone. Barring that I check when I want to. And with the new passive display modes I can glance and decide whether to even unlock or not.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

passive display

This is the real answer for OP. Those lights were replaced. Maybe OP (and maybe me as well, I haven't really thought about it) would prefer to still have the notification LED, but to the hardware manufacturers they replaced those with something "cooler".