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Push Notifications: how to do it? Amethyst doesn't have a server, so there nothing to push from.

Is it possible to sign up from push notifications from independent relays? Is it safe? 🤔

FYI: a push notification is simply an alert to the app that some new content is available. The push doesn't actually carry the content itself. Upon receiving, Android wakes the app up and the app needs to ping relays to download the new content and display as a notification.
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Dan 2y ago

It almost feels like the push server needs to be separate from the relay... If the relays also had to keep track of followed npubs and send notifications to every client, things could get quite heavy and complicated for relay runners, no?

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Dan 2y ago

Push notification servers almost seem like another type of client, not a relay. Like individuals could run their own notification server (maybe a desktop app) and then mobile clients could connect and take notifications from there