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I’m surprised by all the heat around the push notifications API. Is it really going to mean that much to web apps? I’m assuming it will work pretty much like p

• stack_framer 5y ago
  It would mean a great deal to all sorts of web apps! To provide just one example, I released a turn-based word game as a PWA two years ago. With no option for native push notifications on iOS, I decided to email players to notify them each time it was their turn in a game. Despite my domain having full support for DKIM, SPF, and DMARC, the usual problems of email were still a huge pain: Some domains (I'm looking at you hotmail.com) considered everything spam. In some email clients, the design of the emails looked totally wrong. Some of the more active players complained (rightfully so) that their inbox was filling up with these emails. Sadly, the overwhelming majority of games never got past one or two moves, in part because one of the two players didn't see the email that it was their turn. So yes, it would really, really help small businesses like mine if Safari would catch up here!
  • dbbk 5y ago
    The point is it would be overwhelmingly used for spam, causing users to tune out of all notifications.