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Email them? SMS Them? Its not pure notifications, but its far easier to implement.

• danielscrubs 6y ago
  Email would get drowned with all the other apps with the same idea, which is exactly why Apple shouldn’t allow it.
  • remexre 6y ago
    Why Apple shouldn't allow websites to email you instead of causing those websites to create iOS apps?
    • CamJN 6y ago
      No, it's why apple shouldn't allow notifications from the web. People are already drowning in notification spam from native apps. To the point where Apple has added three different ways the OS prompts you to disable notifications. People just allow everything and then get overloaded by all the worthless interruptions.
      • spiderfarmer 6y ago
        If Apple would make it so that websites can’t request to enable notifications, but only via manual user action, I’d still prefer that to developing an entire app to fit that goal.
        • tekknik 6y ago
          You’re very much making this out to be more difficult than it actually is. If you’re a webdev throw a web browser frame in, or use react native, or just spend the few hours it takes to learn how to setup and app and push notifications and add a bullet point to your resume.
          • spiderfarmer 6y ago
            Not sure what I need a resume for. I'll probably never work for an employer and I think I'm a better farmer than a webdev. I know how to design and build things with my hands. I also know how to design logos, websites and other things. I can code and enjoy building and maintaining the network of websites I built in the past 15 years. But I feel I'm spreading myself too thin when I'm also learning to code in React or Dart (Flutter) for a single one-off project. I fear I won't be able to put in the hours required to become adequately proficient in another field that's constantly changing.
            • tekknik 6y ago
              No you are not spreading yourself too thin. Each new language or framework you learn will teach you something you’ll use for the rest of your time programming. You may not remember everything you learn exactly, but it will help you carry conversations or know where to start should you be tasked to need those skills in the future. Also Google is your friend, you’re never going to know some language or framework so completely that you can verbatim spit out it’s docs and signatures without some reference. The rest of what you said sounds pretty on par with the rest of the self taught programmers I’ve met (me being one of them).
• spiderfarmer 6y ago
  I have e-mail notifications, yes. But a growing amount of people don’t check their email regularly and it gets drowned out.