Re:Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cry...
by codethief on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @02:47PM
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> Signal doesn't only use firebase for the sake of Push Notifications
For what else does it use Firebase?
> Also have in mind that push notifications/firebase is unnecessary with a high priority notification, which is what e.g. other f-droid FOSS forks of other apps use instead.
That's news to me. OTOH I'm not familiar with the term "high-priority notification" outside the FCM realm. Unfortunately, a quick Google search only yielded results related to FCM. Could you explain what you mean?
For what else does it use Firebase?
> Also have in mind that push notifications/firebase is unnecessary with a high priority notification, which is what e.g. other f-droid FOSS forks of other apps use instead.
That's news to me. OTOH I'm not familiar with the term "high-priority notification" outside the FCM realm. Unfortunately, a quick Google search only yielded results related to FCM. Could you explain what you mean?