Comment by 9dev
17 hours ago
> […] this is by design of both companies.
This is more of a fundamental technical limitation of operating systems and networks; I don't think it is possible to design distributed communication between arbitrary service provider infrastructure and end-user devices without an always-online intermediary reachable from anywhere (a bouncer, in IRC terms) that accepts messages for non-present consumers.
Yes, however the fact that it is not customizable is what is annoying, you are forced to rely only on the OS makers' implementations, which I guess should be expected in the day and age.
It sounds like you’re hinting at being unhappy with the lock-in forced by the ecosystem.
The flip side of the coin: any possibly avenue to exfiltrate data and do (advertising) tracking by app developers will be used. The restrictions also protect my privacy.
And my phone battery.
Clearly they don't protect your privacy as evidenced by the post we're commenting on.