> How do you think push notifications work? There’s a very distinct difference between having a persistent connection that only transmits data when there’s som

> How do you think push notifications work? There’s a very distinct difference between having a persistent connection that only transmits data when there’s something notable vs having a connection that constants pushes a kitchen sink of data that may or may not be needed. Sure, if you sent a push notification on every single message and status change on the IRC server, it’d likely use the same amount of (or maybe more) battery, but who does that?