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UnifiedPush: a decentralized, open-source push notification protocol
https://f-droid.org/en/2022/12/18/unifiedpush.html

"A modern Android smartphone relies on a lot of services...
Most of them have open alternatives, but until now, the only option for push notifications was Google’s proprietary service, Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM).
UnifiedPush is a new alternative that allows you to get push notifications without being tied to a single company."

h/t: https://gultsch.social/@daniel/109630522775489629

#GoogleIsSpyware #UnifiedPush

UnifiedPush: a decentralized, open-source push notification protocol | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

A modern Android smartphone relies on a lot of services, from app stores andcalendars to messaging and push notifications. Most of them have openalternatives...

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federico Jan 4, 2023

@FreePietje This is also useful for FOSS mobile OSes like #Mobian . Unfortunately the existing implementation don't seem to support federation/clustering/sharding so you are still tied to a single organization or even a single node.

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Free Pietje 🇵🇸 🍉Jan 4, 2023

@federico3
Yeah, that's exactly the reason I shared it, either for things like @mobian or G👀gle free versions of Android.

There's possibly a long way to go, but I do like the idea.

I saw there is no #Debian package for ntfy, nor could I find it in wnpp.
I looked at that wrt the "self-host the server part" line. I guess if I'm tied to my own single node, that would be fine.
But there's still a lot I don't know about this, but figured it couldn't hurt to raise awareness :-)