05-31-2023, 05:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-31-2023, 05:22 PM by Kevin Kofler.)
Unified Push only really helps if you have an implementation of it in the modem. Which brings us to the (Biktorgj modem SDK) issue report you linked. (I doubt Quectel's stock firmware will ever support this.) If you run Unified Push on the main CPU, you still have to wake up the main CPU periodically to check on the network.
And of course, this assumes you use mobile (LTE) data, not WiFi, because the modem firmware has no way to talk to the WiFi chip.
I personally have mobile data disabled almost all the time, I enable it only if I really need to check something online and cannot find a WiFi anywhere near, so I would not want the modem to silently consume (metered) mobile data bandwidth to poll for notifications from some push service I do not use to begin with. (Plus, the push notification service is a central server that can spy on all the incoming messages you get.) So do not assume that all users actually want push notifications to begin with.
I am fine with receiving my e-mails the next time I actively check for them (which usually means I connect to some WiFi first, or enable mobile data if it is the only option), which is still sooner than before I got the PinePhone, when I was using a dumb phone that does not do e-mails at all, and hence would only have gotten them after getting back to my computer at home. (And I am not going to check on IRC or the like on the road at all. Don't even want to.) As long as phone calls and SMS messages get notified (and they do), that is enough for me. Different users, different use cases.
And of course, this assumes you use mobile (LTE) data, not WiFi, because the modem firmware has no way to talk to the WiFi chip.
I personally have mobile data disabled almost all the time, I enable it only if I really need to check something online and cannot find a WiFi anywhere near, so I would not want the modem to silently consume (metered) mobile data bandwidth to poll for notifications from some push service I do not use to begin with. (Plus, the push notification service is a central server that can spy on all the incoming messages you get.) So do not assume that all users actually want push notifications to begin with.
I am fine with receiving my e-mails the next time I actively check for them (which usually means I connect to some WiFi first, or enable mobile data if it is the only option), which is still sooner than before I got the PinePhone, when I was using a dumb phone that does not do e-mails at all, and hence would only have gotten them after getting back to my computer at home. (And I am not going to check on IRC or the like on the road at all. Don't even want to.) As long as phone calls and SMS messages get notified (and they do), that is enough for me. Different users, different use cases.
