Comment by sneak
2 years ago
On iOS, all notifications must go via the centralized APNS, but on non-Google Android (eg Graphene) it is possible to run the device with the Google FCM stuff blocked off. Some apps will break, but stuff that runs in the background for polling or does non-Google notifications will continue to work.
The Reuters article says that the government is getting this data from Apple and Google, which means it doesn't matter if your phone displays or even receives the notifications, no?