karmanyaahm
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No, the alternative is that anyone with a password the app generates can send notifications to any app, which is (effectively) how WebPush and UnifiedPush work. The server that knows the secret URL can send a notification to that website or app.
For personal projects, I also prefer using fancier chips like the ESP32 series or the new generation of ATtinys.
Latency? You can hand deliver a password ahead of time, but not messages.
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