Cinny hijacks system media keys to play notification sound

[kfiven]

Discussed in #2934

^{Originally posted by eth0fox May 13, 2026}

Issue Description

Cinny should not hijack system media keys with notification sound, because when you press the physical play/pause button on your keyboard, instead of your music app resuming, Cinny's notification sound is played.

Expected Behavior

Cinny should not hijack system media keys with notification sound,

Actual Behavior

because when you press the physical play/pause button on your keyboard, instead of your music app resuming, Cinny's notification sound is played.

Reproduction Steps

1. Open Cinny
2. Receive a notification that plays an audible alert
3. Press media play/pause button on keyboard

Environement

macOS 15.7.5 
Cinny Desktop 4.11.2

Relevant Logs

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Additional context

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