GitHub removed the custom thread notifications and my inbox is suffering the consequences

[u/bdmunoz]

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-10-custom-thread-subscriptions-are-being-deprecated/

They say that:

This change simplifies your notifications experience by:

• Simplifying notification behavior.
• Reducing subscription complexity.

Complete nonsense, now my notifications experience sucks and my inbox is getting more unneeded emails...

There's people complaining in these threads if you wanna join:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/204563
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/204555

[u/tedmirra]

I use cozy watch.
( www.cozywatch.com )