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Re:Google Play permitting alternative billing systems for us... by Spivak on Friday November 19, 2021 @10:35AM (#29278218)
So almost literally how iOS and Android notifications work except I guess jointly owned and operated by by Google and Apple? Because public services like this are necessarily funded and operated by the companies that have a financial interest in them existing.
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Re:Google Play permitting alternative billing systems for us... by Aissen on Friday November 19, 2021 @11:07AM (#29278620)
Not really: you can't use the service alone, without any other software. The software is not open source. And finally, the user has no control over which apps/services can send them a notification (or really, a device wakeup) at a given moment.
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Re:Google Play permitting alternative billing systems for us... by judge2020 on Friday November 19, 2021 @11:59AM (#29279339)
Those are downsides in many situations but the existing systems match your original description perfectly, unless "public" has a special description you didn't communicate.
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