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[–] 5 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Yeah, I'm trying to see why that ticks you off and failing. If it ticks you off that other alerts aren't built in, that I could understand. But being upset that the feature is there for the country it exists in..? I don't get it. Not being antagonistic, I'm legitimately curious. Do our amber alerts sound off in Germany or the UK, and people are put out by it? Because over here, they only go off if you're within proximity. I assume there are alerts for other countries that we don't get. If the UK had some mauve alert to tell locals that a dangerous animal has escaped the zoo or something, I can't imagine how that would impact me. But I don't know enough about tech. Are there like a limited number of alert types possible on the OS, and our amber alert is taking up a slot that could be used by a more generic alert?

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  • [–] -1 points 22 hours ago* (1 child)

    Afaik only the US alerts are built in. Other countries just have to use the US system, so they have to put the actual title in the text body because it always says "presidential" or "amber" at the top, which makes it look like some kinda spam/malware popup. Imagine you phone would suddenly show you "His Majesty Alert" or "Sapphire Alert" or whatever, maybe even badly translated

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