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Because it’s universal, it works, it’s multi-platform, device agnostic and it’s simple to use user side.

Nothing else available really fits that criteria.

The closest in todays age is probally discord or teams, but neither of which are decentralized. XMPP could work for it, but nobody really uses it anymore and to be honest the standard is ugly as hell to implement.

Browser Notifications are ineffective and have a high probability of failing or not being seen, they are more meant for real-time notices not historical notices not to mention locked to that browser.

App notifications would be amazing for things with apps, but not everyone wants to be forced into using their mobile device for everything, and it would again only be available from said app, which would generally be locked down to a device

Email sucks admin side, but there’s a reason its used.

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Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Because it’s universal, it works, it’s multi-platform, device agnostic and it’s simple to use user side. Nothing else available really fits that criteria.

I already listed a handful of other platforms that check all those same things without being a pain in the ass to host or requiring approval from your ISP.

XMPP could work for it, but nobody really uses it anymore and to be honest the standard is ugly as hell to implement.

Uglier than email? Nah.

it would again only be available from said app(unless you do use something like NTFY)

Yes, NTFY is another example I already gave.

which would generally be locked down to a device

No it’s not.

so if its already being stored for accounts, might as well use it for notifications

It shouldn’t be used for accounts. That was my entire point. I host a dozen services and half of them no one else can use because the software mandates email verification, which I can’t use because my ISP doesn’t think I should be allowed to for some reason.

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