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Ask HN: Why Signal Requires Google Services for Notifications?
Telegram notifications work GREAT without Google Services, so why Signal insists on using it?
- java-man 8y agomore details please?
- kuba-orlik 8y agoI've just added a clarification in the comment above
- java-man 8y agothank you.
- kuba-orlik 8y agoI guess some clarification is needed. Signal uses Google's notification services. When installing Signal on a device without Google Services, it says that the notifications might be unreliable because of the missing library. But Telegram notifications work great, without relying on Google's servers, so I can happily use it without being monitored by Google... Why Signal, a privacy-focused messenger, insists on using google servers?
- java-man 8y agoFrom wikipedia: Android specific From February 2014[32] to February 2017,[65] Signal's official Android client required the proprietary Google Play Services because the app was dependent on Google's GCM push messaging framework.[66][65] In March 2015, Open Whisper Systems moved to a model of handling Signal's message delivery themselves and only using GCM for a wakeup event.[67] In February 2017, Open Whisper Systems implemented WebSocket support into the client, making it possible for it to be used without Google Play Services.[65] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)