Just like they denied Sparrow of push notifications at first but as more and more users started pestering them about it, they finally had to give in. As far as

Just like they denied Sparrow of push notifications at first but as more and more users started pestering them about it, they finally had to give in. As far as I can Google, they didn't give in - and Sparrow ended up having to do it the same way everyone else does... with them in the middle?