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0 pointsyoung_unixer5y ago0 comments

I think I don't.

Sometimes I get notifications, sometimes it may take hours for me to get the notification.

I rarely use instant messaging for important things, and when I do, I make sure to check my phone often so I don't miss the messages.

Is this stupid? Maybe, but I'm not going to install Google's closed source crap on a device that I carry almost everywhere. If that means I become a social pariah, then so be it.

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hutzlibu5y ago

"If that means I become a social pariah, then so be it."

Sounds heroic, but maybe does not help anyone? And if you really cannot tolerate closed source, than what kind of hardware do you use? As far as I know, they are allmost all closed and locked.

Pine64 is a fresh breeze, but they are also not free(nor stable) yet.

My workaround is simply, that I have a mobile, where I can remove the batterie, then I know, it is turned off.

cft5y ago

I think they should be forced to allow apps running in the background to connect to an arbitrary server, to subscribe to notifications

dathinab5y ago

Its kinda is possible (on some android setups) but unreliable.

Most importantly your app (and server) needs to be build to be able to fall back to a 3rd party message broker. But the common fallback is to just sync messages from time to time in background if the app runs as it's "good enough" for the case Google is temporary down or not available or you are one of the (from the App POV) view people which de-googled their phone.

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