Why does ringtone volume and notification volume have to be completely separate settings?

[Filly002000]

I have a Droid Turbo, and on both KitKat and Lollipop you have to change volume settings separately. I'm always turning down my volume, just to get a full blast text alert that startles me right out of my seat. On previous phones (including other Motorola droids) all notification volume settings were linked and changed as one. Why is that not a thing anymore? How does that not just make the most sense? I know there are apps out there that could do this, but I don't want to have to download another app to simplify something that should be simple in the first place.

 

[doogald]

Because that's the way Motorola made it. Only they can answer why.

It's been like this on Motorola phones since 2013 - the Droid Maxx has the same discrete volume setting.

(Personally, I prefer it this way, but I'm a bit surprised that moto diverged from the nexus in this small way.)