Voyager

Notifications in mobile apps aren’t easy. A developer can’t just write code for the app to poll the server every x minutes. When the app isn’t at the foreground, it’s usually frozen and can’t execute any code. So, to get notifications, the app must rely on the host operating system and must have a server running somewhere to talk to the OS. Servers cost money, so now the developer must charge something from users, or sell their data, etc.

So, rejoice on the fact that Voyager is putting you in control of your data, ethically. And just check the app every now and then.

You could create a DIY notification system if you want. In the past using a old Mac mini I had a script that would check new notifications from Lemmy rss feed if I recived an notification from Lemmy and then send a push notification to my phone using ntfy.

The script was janky it used apple script to trigger a apple short cut that sent the notification (sending a post request to ntfy).

I'm sure there is probably a more elegant way to do it.

Alternatively you could set up a RSS reader that polls Lemmy every so often to send notications.