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Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by rabuse on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:26PM (#26946094)
When the hell is Apple going to finally allow push notifications for the web?
Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by kiwijamo on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:52PM (#26947193)
Consider that users don't want notifications. I turn this off on other devices and I'm sure many others also do so.
Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by turblety on Monday April 26, 2021 @05:44PM (#26948584)
You don't get notifications when you get a new Email or Social Message? You don't have Facebook/WhatsApp/Email?

If not, then I applaud you. If you do, but keep notifications off, that's kinda respectable too.

But I'm guessing you do get a notification when you get a new text message, chat message or email.

Why should only native apps, that go through a dictatorship approval process from Apple, be allowed to send you notifications.

Of course, you should always be able to say "No" to a site or app sending you notifications. This is the case on Android, as could be the case on Apple.

Progress Web Apps are opening up the potential for developers to spend less time on the *worst* development platforms (xcode and android studio), and more time on their product.

That being said, it would be cool if an app could not "force" notifications to be allowed. Like, you could choose "Allow", "Deny" or "Hide" which would trick the app into thinking you had allowed notifications, but then just not show them.

It would stop bad advert behaviour. Although, on Android, I have never seen this be abused (yet).

Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by rabuse on Monday April 26, 2021 @06:53PM (#26949346)
That's why there's two buttons labeled "Allow" and "Don't Allow".
Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by halostatue on Monday April 26, 2021 @05:49PM (#26948671)
Hopefully never.

I hard disable the permission to ask me for push notification permissions on every browser I can, because under no circumstances do I want a website to send me a push notification. Ever.

Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by adrr on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:37PM (#26946238)
Never. They make too much money off the App Store.
Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by tomjen3 on Monday April 26, 2021 @04:28PM (#26947645)
Hopefully never. I website should not be able to do anything to my browser when i don't have it opened.
Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by rabuse on Monday April 26, 2021 @06:54PM (#26949349)
Do you have apps installed with notifications?
Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by tomjen3 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:33AM (#26955581)
Sure and sadly they have been misused there.
Re:iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new pri... by ta9999 on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:35PM (#26946199)
Never, they make way to much money and have an incredible amount of power over developers by keeping it disabled.

People just leave you out of group chats if you don't have an iPhone now because building a decent chat application for iOS is too fucking hard.