Re:Wire is now on F-Droid
by yellow_lead on Saturday January 29, 2022 @04:57AM
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They must not be using FCM. It's a shame that Google and Apple essentially mandate FCM / APNS to have reliable notifications. Though, I understand the need for battery saving, etc.
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Re:Wire is now on F-Droid
by southerntofu on Saturday January 29, 2022 @06:39AM
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Raw Android does not mandate centralized notifications. That's additional "battery optimization" settings deployed by Android vendors, but AOSP/Lineage/e certainly work fine with decentralized notifications. iOS, on the other hand...
Yep it works fine on more or less "vanilla" android but still makes it inconvenient to get there like having to flip the right "battery optimization" toggle. How to do it changes with every 2nd release of course.
Re:Wire is now on F-Droid
by southerntofu on Saturday January 29, 2022 @06:55AM
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Wait, it's now hidden behind a "battery optimization" flag on *vanilla Android*?
Re:Wire is now on F-Droid
by yellow_lead on Sunday January 30, 2022 @03:37PM
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Yes I think so, because the way these apps typically do notifications is with an Android service that polls or keeps a long running socket. If you don't turn off battery optimization specifically for that app then the OS will kill your service.