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Does turning the notifications off mean that it isn't sending these messages or is the app or OS just not displaying them?
I think it means that notifications aren't sent, but it's a good question.
Thinking this through a bit more. It's the server (eg. Signal) that sends the push notifications to Apple/Google. So turning off notifications on your phone presumably means that that Apple/Google doesn't send them to your device. However they are presumably still be going from the server to Apple/Google (because how would Signal know that you've turned notifications off on your phone)?
Based on my understanding, Signal (their servers) won't know and neither will Apple. The local app installed on your phone knows, as that's the client handling what to do with the send/receive requests. I've very little experience with mobile development, though, so I could be very off mark here.
interesting question, like others too have wrote.
My guess is that because most apps ask explicitly for permission (after the 1st install) unless they're permitted by the user they don't register for the push (just a guess :/
app makers pay for notifications, iirc (wrong?), they wouldn't want to pay for notifications that are turned off on devices
another question would be: After uninstalling google services, if you install degoogled signal and choose to connect directly to signal servers, do signal still send information to google for push?