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by TheArcane 2232 days ago
They unpublished it after refusing to allow a "Sign in with Apple" option on their login page.

https://old.reddit.com/r/PushBullet/comments/eirc1m/not_avai...

The dev said the iOS side of things are irrelevant for them anyway since most of their users are on Android, which is frankly disheartening since there's no alternative for iPhone users with linux desktops now
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pzmarzly 2231 days ago
> most of their users are on Android

To me, Android PushBullet killer feature is notification sync (though I moved to KDE Connect once it came out), so I never had any reason to install their iOS app. For iOS, only Bluetooth devices can access notifications - BTW I made a script for Linux for that: https://github.com/pzmarzly/ancs4linux

Rest of the features seem to be possible to replicate with Firefox or Chrome for iOS, plus iCloud, plus pushover.net.

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aspenmayer 2232 days ago
Wow. That's pretty lame of them. I don't agree with their logic, but I do agree with following the user base. I will continue to use the version I have. I could probably find a way to share the .app if anyone needs it.

Found pushover.net which seems like a decent (paid) alternative.

We need an open-source version of this kind of functionality, maybe using ActivityPub? Self-hosted option with Google integration for a start, and since everyone needs to have Sign in with Apple for iOS, I guess that too. Might as well add Facebook login support.

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ufmace 2232 days ago
Not so sure about lame of PushBullet. It feels more lame of all of the major tech players to be essentially fighting over how much they can extort out of developers using their monopoly powers.

Facebook seems to say, you have 1 week to update your sign-in integration code to the latest version (or I guess they get cut off from Facebook API or something?).

Apple says you must support Apple sign-in, or you won't be allowed on our App Store, without with it's nearly impossible to get your app on an iPhone.

Google says guess what we want based on our vague emails and meaningless responses, or we remove your extension/app from the store, making it nearly impossible to use on Chrome.

Geez, it's like Microsoft is the good guy of the tech majors here.

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aspenmayer 2232 days ago
Look, there's more than enough lame decisions to go around in this case. :P

I agree with Apple's stance. The landscape has changed. To be a tech superpower is to have your own pull, and to be able to make unilateral decisions on behalf of your business and your customers/users. That is what Apple has done here. I happen to agree because I already like Apple's implementation of Sign in with Apple specifically, even though I have never used it. I also agree with Apple's stance on privacy generally.

I don't like that Apple forced this decision in this way, but I am fine with the outcome in general, but am saddened to see that it negatively affected a developer whose product I use. However, I question the Pushbullet dev's dedication to the iOS platform. Mobile development is a moving target. To single out Apple for blame for changing the App Store conditions for apps is silly. You could just as well blame the dev for not keeping up with the times.

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agustif 2232 days ago
Well microsoft now owns Github, NPM, VS Code, TypeScript, I wonder how that can go wrong...

BTW, between them and facebook (React, GraphQL) that pretty much sums up my stack/tools of choice

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