Microsoft Teams Forces Notification Prompts Despite Being Disabled
Even after users disable notifications in settings, Microsoft Teams keeps showing a persistent warning marker and repeated popups pressuring them to re-enable phone notifications. This coercive, repeated interruption degrades trust that the app respects user settings.
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