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It's mostly because there aren't any real alternatives. Building a world wide push messaging network is really hard (you have to deal with carriers a lot and co
by lorenzhs 11y ago
It's mostly because there aren't any real alternatives. Building a world wide push messaging network is really hard (you have to deal with carriers a lot and convince them not to close your long running connections after 5 minutes). That said, the servers support websocket connections as well. I don't know the current state of client support. Also, a Chrome/Chromium extension is in the works.
- bad_user 11y agoMaking push notifications work well is hard, so it's better to just use what's available. There are alternatives, but the alternatives aren't free at all. See: https://pushy.me/ https://pushy.me/
- devit 11y agoJust send heartbeats and reconnect if needed? Only real problems I see are hosting costs and preventing misuse, plus some minor coding work.