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So you poll instead of getting a push? Thats what my phone does. I could have seen the value of this 10-15 years ago but I don’t see the point now. It isn’t l

So you poll instead of getting a push? Thats what my phone does. I could have seen the value of this 10-15 years ago but I don’t see the point now. It isn’t like this would magically get rid of the delay either, their servers still have to poll before they can send you that notification.

f233f2 3y ago
You can't realiably poll from a mobile phone. Your app may not be allowed to execute any code, let alone make a network request for hours, or maybe forever.