And it doesn't actually work reliably, at least on Android. My wife and I frequently don't get notifications from specific apps, only once we open them. My impression is that the platform just changes too frequently with regards of what you have to do to work well even when you're killed. Also, especially for push notifications, your now at the mercy of Googles service to delvier them to your app (not sure how the open source variants do it)

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catdog 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There is also the problem, that some OEMs add their own "battery optimizations". If you simply don't run anything its indeed very battery efficient... Forcing push notifications through some central service has minimal benefits at best. Open source variants are forced to publish annoying persistent notifications and ask the user to flip some "battery optimization" toggle deep inside the settings to not get killed, of course this often enough changes with Android versions.

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Zak 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

UnifiedPush is an open source solution for push notifications that isn't tied to a particular service provider. A handful of apps support it.

https://unifiedpush.org/

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ptidhomme 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Same for us on our Grapheneos Pixels. Notification are a bit of a lottery. But we take that as a feature. People can call if there's an emergency.

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palata 3 hours ago | parent [-]

On all apps? I have never had issues with notifications...

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ptidhomme 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Some don't work at all, bc they must be GSF-only I guess (installed via Aurora store). Others like Whatsapp or Signal sort of work but sometimes the app seems to not be running (even though I set up the no battery optimization). And I get multiple unread messages at once when manually starting the app.

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microtonal 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Same, they work fine and are immediate. The only exception has been Signal. Must be that I'm using sandboxed Google Play Services?

	▲	palata 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I use sandboxed Google Play Services, Signal has been fine... I cannot say it's always immediate (I'm not always on my phone :-) ), but I have never been frustrated for "missing" a notification. Like when I check my phone, the Signal messages are there, they don't appear 3 days later.