My point is that notifications are a basic part of apps in general. We aren’t talking about some esoteric api that will let you do 3d gaming and isn’t useful fo

My point is that notifications are a basic part of apps in general. We aren’t talking about some esoteric api that will let you do 3d gaming and isn’t useful for anything else. There are huge numbers of categories of apps that are impossible without notifications. * todos * reminders * calendars * chat * phone And the list goes on. There are many others where the app might be possible, but for many people in many cases those apps are useless without notifications. Stocks, forum apps, etc. I’ll tell you what, I’ll offer you a smart phone that doesn’t ever allow you to get notifications for any reason. Then when you object, I’ll just tell you that there’s no such thing as a standard feature set for smart phones.