How to get push notifications in a degoogled phone? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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Hi guys basically as the title says. I have a pixel phone running GrapheneOS and I really don't want to install Play Services. Is there an alternative for me? I need reliable notifications for Telegram and signal. Edit: Thank you all amazing people for helping I learned alot and found best setup for me

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[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

For some people it doesn't, and for others it does. So your mileage may vary. For example, with me, I have seen no significant battery impact, and I've been running it this way for several years.

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