People struggle to control Do Not Disturb reliably
Android and Mac users want Do Not Disturb to be predictable: scheduled for particular events, easy to check, and harder to activate by accident. One user says an accidental Mac toggle can silence calls and texts for the day; another finds manually enabling DND before an event too much effort. The smart-device playback request is a separate problem and does not fit this DND opportunity.
For android and Mac users. Mentioned from Aug 2025 to Sep 2026 on Hacker News and Stack Exchange.
4 different people described this problem in 4 separate discussions.
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- 5.5/10
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- 5.8/10
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- 5.0/10
- Momentum
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- Medium
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What people said
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And it has to be easy, preferably a checkbox during definition of the event. I could, just before the event, enable DND for a certain time, but that's too much like hard work for me (there is no Tag "lazy" :-)
Would love a way to disable the Do Not Disturb button on my macbook without flipping the f keys. Any ideas? Tap it accidentally and you miss all calls and texts for the day on your iphone
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