That’s likely not quite the reason. It is to make you have to pause to think if this is the action you want to take.

On the flip side, many websites ask if I want to allow notifications. I almost never do. I was looking at settings recently and surprised how often I’d clicked yes by accident (maybe about 5% false click rate?)

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syabro an hour ago | parent [-]

but the damage of notifications is almost zero compared to keylogger IMHO

	▲	mrpippy an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Right, that’s why you get a simpler yes/no dialog for notifications, and a conplex “navigate to this settings pane and click a separate button” flow for a keylogger
	▲	greazy an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Notification requests add to decision fatigue, which can lead to bad things.