Re:The European Commission versus Android
by martinald on Thursday July 19, 2018 @11:43AM
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I can't see how this microG is at all helpful. Sure it has a replacement to GCM but every app backend would have to be rewritten to support it. It's hardly a drop in replacement if every chat app doesn't support push notifications.
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Re:The European Commission versus Android
by benwaffle on Thursday July 19, 2018 @12:55PM
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microG acts as a drop-in replacement for Google Play Services. Apps do not have to be rewritten
But if I, as a developer, want to send push notifications, I would have to send them somewhere else. I couldn't use the stuff I'm using for everyone else.
Yes, but you can't replace the parts that rely on Google's cloud infrastructure, such as push notifications. If a feature literally requires that you send a HTTP request to a Google web API, you can hardly use that app without Google's support.