Fair enough, I seemed to have missed the background part from > An app is considered "in use" when you're actively using it in the foreground, or when it's in

Fair enough, I seemed to have missed the background part from > An app is considered "in use" when you're actively using it in the foreground, or when it's in use in the background, which the status bar will indicate. from https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203033 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203033. There is still the indication, but admittedly that is not the same.