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Okay, I was just checking. I thought maybe they run their own servers and thought it'd be worth trying Yeah, I'm not a privacy fanatic, but literally having al

by geokon 4y ago

Okay, I was just checking. I thought maybe they run their own servers and thought it'd be worth trying Yeah, I'm not a privacy fanatic, but literally having all my notifications funneled through one ad company .. that's on the far end of creepy/dystopian .. Thanks but no-thanks I keep hearing this myth about how notifications can't work seemlessly without GCM. I don't believe it :) I currently have GooglePlay disabled and I've never had issues with Signal notifications. However Instagram doesn't work at all. And Messenger is very inconsistent If apps like WeChat do it then I don't believe it's impossible

Abishek_Muthian 4y ago
> I thought maybe they run their own servers and thought it'd be worth trying Unless the app you're using use the alternate push notification system e.g.Unified Push, There's no point in microG having their own servers. Demand your favorite app publisher to release a Non-GCM version of their app on F-Droid. > I currently have GooglePlay disabled and I've never had issues with Signal notifications Good for you, As I said its pull notification. In simple terms a scheduled local service asks the app's server whether you have new messages. The service needs to be active all the time consuming power, You'd probably seeing a pinned notification for it; Every pull notification app needs its own such service. > I keep hearing this myth about how notifications can't work seemlessly without GCM. I don't believe it :) Nothing to do with myth (or) belief system. Push (or) Pull is the technical fact w.r.t notifications. [1] https://unifiedpush.org/ https://unifiedpush.org/