@17cb16ac Well said. Every innovation has a dark side. I've been seeing the warnings to the abused a lot recently, even in the hashtags we both participate in. I'd certainly like to know if I'd turned off the setting I cited it would have mute this "boss monster" of alerts. If the FTC made a requirement that muting was possible and easy (I don't know, maybe it did), I'm sure manufacturers would lobby against it and conspiracy theorists would mute it and miss the very emergencies they are hoping to take advantage of...