XMPP using nearly 10x less battery than Signal on a degoogled Android phone
XMPP using nearly 10x less battery than Signal on a degoogled Android phone
Attached: 1 image I installed #Signal and #Conversations_im on a clean install of #GrapheneOS on my Pixel 4a and measured the battery impact. The results are shocking! Both messengers had only one contact: my regular phone. I used my regular phone to send messages to the Pixel 4a (which was not u...
Interesting test. Obviously only applies when you use Signal without priviledged push notifications via FCM through Google servers.
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When I installed Signal it complained that I didn't have Google Play Services and fell back to websockets. But my phone is boring, I do have Google services. Could I have something in a firewall config that made it pick wrong? Is it using a different checking mechanism from all my other apps that go through FCM?
No idea. Why not use XMPP? It's better anyways 馃槣
i do have. and my 'sms' goes over it. but i can't make everyone come to me. (i did abandon the ones who are whatsapp-only tho)