Comment by bkallus
2 years ago
This isn't necessarily true. When you install the Signal app on an Android phone that doesn't have Google Play Services installed, it receives push notifications using its own notification daemon instead of using Google's. This, of course, has significant battery life costs.
What about WebPush on Firefox? That uses Mozilla's servers right? At least on Android? Could the govt be doing the same to Mozilla?
Thank you, I was looking for this answer. Signal, therefore, as a I understand it, is not vulnerable to this issue.
Not true. Battery double liftime on my LineageOS device without gaaps and other gservices that constantly connect to gservers.
All I can say is that Signal uses more battery than any other app on my phone. Since my Pixel 7a's last complete charge 3 days ago, Signal has been in the foreground for only 2 hours, but it has been running in the background the entire time.
Try Molly. Fork of Signal.
https://molly.im/