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Corollary: notifications should be a public service whose only purpose would be to maintain that TCP connection and have a server as a broker, with clear contro
by Aissen 5y ago
Corollary: notifications should be a public service whose only purpose would be to maintain that TCP connection and have a server as a broker, with clear control given to the user over which app can use said service and be allowed to wakeup their device.
- Spivak 5y agoSo almost literally how iOS and Android notifications work except I guess jointly owned and operated by by Google and Apple? Because public services like this are necessarily funded and operated by the companies that have a financial interest in them existing.
- Aissen 5y agoNot really: you can't use the service alone, without any other software. The software is not open source. And finally, the user has no control over which apps/services can send them a notification (or really, a device wakeup) at a given moment.
- judge2020 5y agoThose are downsides in many situations but the existing systems match your original description perfectly, unless "public" has a special description you didn't communicate.