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Re:Apple Shuts Down Push Notifications From AppGratis by shawnphoffman on Thursday April 18, 2013 @02:54PM (#5572316)
I think you meant "this is Apple letting you know who owns their notification infrastructure".
Re:Apple Shuts Down Push Notifications From AppGratis by olgeni on Thursday April 18, 2013 @04:42PM (#5572939)
...which, by the way, is the only one you are allowed to use...
Re:Apple Shuts Down Push Notifications From AppGratis by mannkind on Thursday April 18, 2013 @04:53PM (#5573018)
... thankfully ...

As a user: I want the platform to take care of notifications. I care not to install dozens of different notification systems because some app decides to use Yet Another Notification System.

As a developer: I want the platform to take care of notifications. I don't want to worry about some third-party server works as expected nor do I want to have to care about the user having the right software install either.