Support UnifiedPush for android notifications
I don't have google services on my phone and having every app permanently connected checking for new messages is detrimental to battery life. UnifiedPush is the open alternative to Google Cloud Messaging: https://unifiedpush.org
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Glen Cooper
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I want to do everything I possibly can to degoogle myself.
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David
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No entiendo si es factiblemente pero como idea es perfecta para no depender de Google.
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Vadim Filin commented
I need it for GrapheneOS and Warpnet
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mierrka
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Being a google alternative and relying on play services to send notifications is beyond understanding. Musit have.
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Alex
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Please, do this before developing any new product!
As others said, that's really odd looking when you mock google for anything, but then still using their services even though they are not even critical or something.
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k e commented
Absolutely required
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Aa
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Must have
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Bernie commented
We support proton, proton support us back
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Lars Foss
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Missed functionality for several years
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Logan
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I will cancel my proton subscription if a solution is not implemented within the year
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user
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ridiculous that it still isn't there after three years
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Axel
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This is the biggest failure of the whole stack, mocking google on social media but relying on their services to be able to do a basic feature...
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notake
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Signed up to say that this is so simple to implement that even Molly is an open source project for signal that even has unified push. What's the issue just have it as an option inside your app, those that don't use this won't select it.
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EnockingWhale23
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Technical side first, at the moment you will still need google play services to have proton mail to be able to have push notifications / FCM.
Irony in this, is that calyxos, e/os and whichever other android ROM uses microG to get push notifications / FCM working crashes. Like the event in which protonmail will just force close itself.GrapheneOS does talk to an isolated google play services, still this is google here as dependency.
This maybe the most efficient way to do it. But for most users under this "feature" they are trying to get away from having Google as a dependency.
Seeing that UnifiedPush would be a alternative. This should be built right into protonmail
Question for the moment: on the short term, is efficiency preferable?
or like many others here: in the long run, should the dependency on google play services push notifications be having an alternative like UnifiedPush for alternative ROM's?answer to the question, also answers in which way proton would still be dependent on Google play services / FCM or not.
related feature request: https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/284483-proton-mail-calendar/suggestions/51350368-e-mail-polling-instead-of-google-push-services-an
I know this is a long comment, but after nearly 3 years...
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alterego
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I don't know how much work that would be for proton but this is really a needed feature
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Per Thörnstrand
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This would be great for Graphene OS users!
I moved to Graphene to de-Google. Hence I don't want to be forced to have Google Play Services running in the background on my device.
I have downloaded Proton Pass, Authenticator and VPN från F-droid, and I guess I could download the Proton Mail apk from Proton's website, but without UnifiedPush it will not be able to deliver push notifications which I think is an important feature for a mail app.
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Zappellinn
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I manage to live without notifications, but this is a really needed feature
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Gabe Eaker commented
Considering Proton collaborates with the GrapheneOS project, it seems kind of strange that Proton is choosing to overlook this. Notifications on stock GrapheneOS still don't work.
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whatabout
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Its really kooky that Proton doesnt have this yet? Why do we have Proton when were trying to degoogle? Its so silly. Is the task enormous to achieve this? Or is it doable but will break the bank? Please, allow us to have this!
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Ahmed
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This is critical, we need it, and I can't emphasize enough how important this feature is. I'm running GrapheneOS without Google services, and not being able to receive notifications for my emails is crazy and completely detrimental. Please prioritize UnifiedPush!