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by CamJN 87 days ago
Absolutely nothing listed on that site as unsupported by Safari has any business being part of the web. In fact several supported APIs should be chucked too. Fuck giving websites motion data or push notifications.
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They should just ban unsolicited prompts. That's it.

Push notifications are the #1 featured requests of my online community. Some even switched to Android over it.

And people don't understand adding sites to their homescreen, especially since Apple buried that feature in the Share menu.

No Android user of my website ever complained about the WebPush notifications.

I don’t care what your website does, not one tiny bit. I care that the majority of websites are shit, and therefore the web platform should be as minimal and isoltated from the device as possible.
Well my website isn't shit so I don't care about your opinion.
> Push notifications are the #1 featured requests of my online community. Some even switched to Android over it.

That sounds like the market working, no? Some people like how Apple does things, so they stick with Apple. Others prefer Android, so they switch.

The point is that users should have choice, not force users to bend to the will of malicious developers.

Does android still give you a push notification to dismiss whenever you take a screenshot?
No.
Some people feel just as passionate about OS-level notifications and location permissions, and they turn them off. You can turn them off in your browser's settings as well. You'll be okay.