Microsoft Teams Ignores Do Not Disturb and Quiet Hours Settings
Teams bypasses OS-level notification controls, sending notifications during Do Not Disturb and quiet hours even with no exceptions configured. This design violates user attention management preferences and the platform's own notification settings. The behavior is severe enough to drive user uninstalls and represents a fundamental disrespect of system-level user preferences.
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