> As for push notifications—it's not surprising that Apple doesn't allow the HTTP version because it would be chaos for battery life. Web push notifications us

> As for push notifications—it's not surprising that Apple doesn't allow the HTTP version because it would be chaos for battery life. Web push notifications use a browser-vendor-provided server to trigger notifications, the exact same architecture as APNS. > Besides, any website can offer a totally free native app that simply performs push notifications for your site. You don't need to give up 30% of anything to Apple for that. Iff you buy a Mac, pay their dev fees, rewrite your site as a native app, and put up with their review bullshit. That's not really an alternative to them supporting the standard.