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https://unifiedpush.org/ is a step in that direction.

Maybe somebody could build free versions of Zulip apps that use UnifiedPush instead and ask the server to send pushes to their preferred push notification provider. (Of course, this would mean you have to keep both apps and the server soft-forks updated with upstream changes, but it doesn't seem too hard of a project.)

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From the FAQ: "iOS doesn’t support running services in the background, so running a UnifiedPush distributor won’t be possible without jailbreaking or Apple’s approval for the foreseeable future."

No comment on the thread, but I smiled at seeing myself quoted on HN :)

I think a better strategy that would require less ongoing maintenance would be for someone to build the mobile app and a routing server similar to what is in place now rather than reengineer the core server and mobile apps to use a different tech stack for notifications than it currently does.

I kinda feel that while doing something like would serve a segment of the user base this would also be a bit disingenuous to the folks at Zulip who have done an amazing job at balancing commercial monetization needs with their dedication open source principals and giving away their labor of love to world in general.

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