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howmayiannoyyou·

Looks like I won't be getting rid of my android phone anytime soon if this is true.

Probably won't be long before Google starts applying similar pressure.

Sad, but probably true.

On android you have the liberty to install 3rd party apps.

without push notifications they are severely limited in functionality, and third party push notifications are severely underperforming on Androids.

Sure enough, they outright banned it.

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