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> Doesn't seem unreasonable that computer OS's and/or web browsers be required to support the same.

Why?

Web browsers were designed from the start to show you only content you expressly requested. Notification APIs are still opt-in. A browser is primarily pull-oriented, whereas a phone was always bi-directional. Inverting this expectation for the browser is very much unwelcome.

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You are interpreting "unreasonable" from the perspective of a citizen, not from the perspective of the government.

It's crazy that you think individuals don't want to be notified of natural disasters about to kill them.

Who said I didn't? There's a time and a place to notify, and my browser definitely isn't the place. They can send the notification to my phone instead

Yes. Because I'm a citizen.

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