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Comment by unethical_ban

4 months ago

iOS doesn't allow apps to stay active in the background to listen for messages like Android can. And since Briar very much does not rely on the vendor push services that is a showstopper.

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mmwelt  4 months ago

Indeed, this is very much a limitation for all apps on iOS that don't want to rely on centralised services, such as a push notification server other than Apple's.

See also: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/685525

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