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It's theoretically possible to just keep an app running in the background all the time and periodically poll a server. That's unreliable though since some OEM
by Zak 6mo ago
It's theoretically possible to just keep an app running in the background all the time and periodically poll a server.
That's unreliable though since some OEM Android builds will kill it for that even if the user disables battery optimizations. Those OEMs sort of have a point; if lots of apps did that it would drain the battery fast.
- satvikpendem 6mo agoThen that's basically what I said right? That there is in practice no way to opt out of using Firebase if you want consistent notifications.
- lolc 6mo agoNot clear what your point is. The Signal server wakes up the app via an empty message. At most the info this conveys is that a Signal app got a message to pull.
- satvikpendem 6mo agoMy point is there is no reasonable way to remove oneself from Google and Apple even with a fully custom application, they control the notification servers for their devices.
- lolc 6mo agoYea sorry I didn't follow the thread properly.