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Re:Google’s new popup will further weaken Facebook’s adverti... by chrisseaton on Monday May 31, 2021 @11:48AM (#27345257)
> I didn't knew for example that using Bluetooth while the app is shut down was possible

How did you think for example notifications were pushed to Bluetooth smart watches?

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Re:Google’s new popup will further weaken Facebook’s adverti... by esrauch on Monday May 31, 2021 @12:00PM (#27345373)
I would have assumed there is an os notifications api, and the apps have no idea what surface the notification will be shown on.
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Re:Google’s new popup will further weaken Facebook’s adverti... by DangitBobby on Monday May 31, 2021 @11:58AM (#27345352)
You are assuming they were aware of that capability.
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Re:Google’s new popup will further weaken Facebook’s adverti... by pbhjpbhj on Monday May 31, 2021 @01:34PM (#27346386)
Not OP: I have a fit band but it only gets notifications if Bluetooth is on. I'd be (ie, I am) surprised to find you couldn't turn Bluetooth off and that they purposefully provide a switch that doesn't work so they can fool you to thinking you can turn it off.

Presumably only Android works like this?

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