Appleshouter
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push notification workaround
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
5 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 4 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever workaround for missing iOS web push
From 3 comments
This is really smart. It’s sure to be blocked by Apple at some point, but until Apple supports proper web notifications and stops fighting against web standards, workarounds like…
jhunter1016 on HNWhoa, this is super clever! Thanks for sharing!
GranPC on HNThis is fantastic, thank you! I was thinking about pirating OSx to do this.
swiley on HN
Objections
Likely to get blocked or cause trouble with Apple, including Wallet credential revocation
From 3 comments
This is a great hack but is likely to get you in trouble with Apple if you make it onto their radar. Their guidelines [1] say, in section 3.2.1(iv): > Wallet passes can be used…
chrisshroba on HNThis is really smart. It’s sure to be blocked by Apple at some point, but until Apple supports proper web notifications and stops fighting against web standards, workarounds like…
jhunter1016 on HNThey'll just disable notifications for wallets passes
captn3m0 on HN
Requires an Apple Developer Program account, risking bans
From 2 comments
From the Github: "What you will need: An Apple Developer Program account". That means you can easily be banned for abusing their wallet apis, and they'll probably also take down…
ruperp on HNThis is great for personal code, but anyone who tries deploying this to a wide audience on the App Store is risking a permanent ban by Apple.
floatingatoll on HN
Safari still lacks Web Push support, Apple decided not to implement it
From 2 comments
My apologies if I'm whooshing on irony, but the clear fact is not that they are slow but rather that they have made a decision not to implement it, on every single development…
jessaustin on HN"You might have figured out that Safari on iOS STILL has no support for the Web Push API." The STILL there makes it sound like Apple is just slow to implement it.
Saint_Genet on HN
Requests
Demo of it in action
From 1 comment
Anyone got a demo up to see this in action?
durpkingOP on HN
Questions
What the user flow to add a notification-supporting pass looks like
From 2 comments
What does the flow to add a notification-supporting Wallet pass look like for the end user?
adav on HNThey have to add a pass to their Wallet with the confirmation screen, which may be a bit confusing ("I'm not buying anything!"). But that's the only step.
easton on HN
Whether users must opt in to notifications
From 1 comment
So the user hasn’t actually opted-in/allowed notifications?
adav on HN
Alternatives named
Pushover
From 1 comment
Also see Pushover https://pushover.net/
slowwwclap on HN