Flaki

I was today years old to learn about https://unifiedpush.org/ (thanks to @nlnet!) and holy wow!

Since switching to CalyxOS, private, reliable, but battery-efficient push notifications has been a "choose one, at best" sort of situation and this changes *everything*!!

Matrix (Element), Mastodon (Pachli), Telegram (Mercurygram) works, there are even forks for Signal! 🚀
#degooglification

UnifiedPush

UnifiedPush
Jun 19, 2024 at 10:03amWeb
Show threadFlakiJun 20, 2024

After the first day: the difference is instead of an almost dead battery by the end of the day, it's 50% remaining..

Signal used to be comparable to Telegram's & Element's battery drain (10%+ a day), now Mercurygram, the Telegram fork with UniversalPush support is at ¼ of Signal's usage. Element is SO low you can't even see it on the list, it's just below ntfy with ~1%. Bonkers.

If Molly/Mollysocket brings similar gains that will remove the last source of drain (Signal) as well. Absolutely ridiculous, I love it.

(PS: I've also installed FindMyDevice earlier this week, its usage is also barely noticeable with ntfy)

Show threadjan-erikJun 19, 2024
@flaki unified push? is that when both your dogs shove you off your couch?
Show threadFlakiJun 19, 2024
@jer i think you might be confusing it with "unified pooch" 
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Jun 20, 2024
@flaki the developers of calyxos (which was created in particular to spite grapheneos despite offering significantly reduced security guarantees) are extremely abusive and regularly harass the developers of grapheneos please tell them to stop doing that
Show threadWinfried is Anti Fascism 🏳️‍🌈Jun 20, 2024
@flaki @nlnet and don't forget Conversations and Prosody from the XMPP ecosystem, creating a full backbone!
Show threadFlakiJun 20, 2024
@winfriedtilanus I have never really got on the XMPP train so I decided to go with ntfy and very pleased with it (gonna be self-hosting it anyway)
Show threadWinfried is Anti Fascism 🏳️‍🌈Jun 20, 2024
@flaki give me some weeks and I can share experiences, already running prosody and conversations.
Show threadNicco KunzmannJun 20, 2024
@flaki @nlnet Wow! Could you list the forks of Signal that work with #UnifiedPush? This is good news and a reminder. Thanks!