Post #1491427
2026-04-09 17:01 UTC
If you don’t use Google Play Services, you don’t get push notifications, so yes. Libre reimplementations of Google Play Services such as Gapps etc. or alternative push notification providers do not circumvent this issue, except possibly self-hosted push notification providers. This approach is really rare though and limited generally to very few apps.
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@degenerate_neutron_matter@fedia.io 2026-04-09 17:07
I don't use Play Services and still get push notifications from Signal, so they're clearly using an alternative implementation.
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@Redjard@reddthat.com 2026-04-09 23:56
This is about a history of notifications locally on the phone. This is implemented outside of gms at least on my rom, and in the past I have also installed a separate app to do the same. If you log your notifications ... that log can leak your notifications.
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@semperverus@lemmy.world 2026-04-09 17:16
Is this true if you don't have Google Play Services but the person you're messaging does? Is one person cutting GPS out enough?
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@frongt@lemmy.zip 2026-04-10 01:36
If I turn off notifications on my end, does the other person still generate a push notification when they send me a message, even if I never receive it?