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Re:Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST by danuker on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @08:23AM (#33518661)
I suspect the F-Droid version might have delays. There are various issues when avoiding Firebase. There is no way to fulfill all of these:

- avoid Google servers - preserve battery - show timely notifications

https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-android/issues/82

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Re:Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST by binwiederhier on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @08:37AM (#33518782)
This is incorrect (at least in my experience). Firebase/FCM is significantly slower in delivering messages than the non-Firebase version (WebSockets or JSON stream, longstanding connection). It was actually mindboggling to me how slow Firebase is in delivering messages (especially when the phone is in doze mode).
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Re:Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST by akvadrako on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @09:56AM (#33519635)
But what kind of battery impact do you get leaving a long-running connection open?
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Re:Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST by binwiederhier on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @10:15AM (#33519867)
Depends on your usage. For me it's around 1% for the entire day: https://ntfy.sh/docs/faq/#how-much-battery-does-the-android-...
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