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I just want software that will do nothing user-observable without me explicitly asking it to. No pop-ups, no suggestions, no automatic anything.

I don't know if it'll take a fancy buzzword or what. Unobtrusive software? Silent Software?



No notifications? Depends on what your definition of "asking it" is, but having to explicitly do an action to check for notifications and even phone calls seems counter-productive for a phone.


Inert software. Inertware?


I've mused about writing a distribution license where every type of notification and update can be disabled, and any modification must follow the same license.

STFU (BSD equivalent) and STFU-O (GPL equivalent)

No LGPL equivalent because I would want even software that uses STFU-* licensed code as a library to follow the STFU-* license.

Just have to explicitly define what counts as a notification lol


Respectful software.


This is a terrible idea for an internet connected device.


Good software


Not shit software




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