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View submission: Lets talk about those API calls
Regarding that final quote, Apollo does have quite an extensive serverside portion that handles sending push notifications at least, so it is very possible the developer made a change on that date without publishing a new version of the app. He also didn't suggest otherwise in his reply to that comment
Comment by haykam821 at 05/06/2023 at 23:48 UTC
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Plus, and u/Meepster23 could mention this, Reddit has the advantage as the first party as they can push notifications directly and not need to poll an API. Same with Apollo's comment live activities feature if that doesn't use the websocket.
Comment by Meepster23 at 05/06/2023 at 22:39 UTC
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That is a very good point. I haven't dug into Apollo at all, but that's an interesting idea. Does Apollo send push notifications for messages while you aren't using the app? That would make sense and line up with my messages checking theory.