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Re:XMPP works – 1 July 2020 by randomchars on Thursday July 09, 2020 @06:13AM (#23778611)
As an iPhone user, I'm very happy that apps can't implement their own push notification systems, or have persistent background connections open, as it's one of the main reasons I get good battery life.
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Re:XMPP works – 1 July 2020 by ta17711771 on Thursday July 09, 2020 @08:16AM (#23779340)
Certain that Riot.im does these things, doesn't destroy battery.
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Re:XMPP works – 1 July 2020 by ryukafalz on Thursday July 09, 2020 @09:48AM (#23780132)
Riot uses the platform’s push server unless you’re using the F-Droid version on Android. That version will indeed destroy my battery if I leave it running with my (rather large) account.
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Re:XMPP works – 1 July 2020 by Joeri on Thursday July 09, 2020 @06:24AM (#23778663)
As an iphone user, I am not, and I am sure that apple could find a way to allow push notifications on the web without the battery taking a major hit.
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Re:XMPP works – 1 July 2020 by dsr_ on Thursday July 09, 2020 @09:05AM (#23779732)
For example, Apple could allow an app to register as a receiver for a class of push notifications, and then require all the pushes to go through the Apple-maintained background process.
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