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Posted: 2020-01-21T09:18:46Z | Updated: 2020-01-21T09:28:28Z John Oliver Reveals The Worst Thing On Your Cellphone And What To Do About It | HuffPost

John Oliver Reveals The Worst Thing On Your Cellphone And What To Do About It

The "Last Week Tonight" host takes a break to rant about one smartphone feature that bugs him.

Sick of push notifications? So is John Oliver

His HBO show “Last Week Tonight” is on hiatus until Feb. 16, but Oliver returned to YouTube to rant about the news alerts many people sign up for without realizing just what they’re getting into.

Oliver suggested a two-step test that all push notifications should have to pass before they’re sent, then offered examples of which ones make the cut and which don’t: 

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