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Too true. I'm in the market for a new phone and came across dontkillmyapp.com [1]. I find this ranking lines up pretty well with high privacy risk + low cost gi
by unityByFreedom 7y ago
Too true. I'm in the market for a new phone and came across dontkillmyapp.com [1]. I find this ranking lines up pretty well with high privacy risk + low cost given the hardware.
For those unaware, a new thing phones do is quietly kill apps in order to extend battery, and the extent to which this is done can vary by device and/or software.
[1] https://dontkillmyapp.com https://dontkillmyapp.com
- sschueller 7y agoI don't mind this if they let me decide which apps to kill and let me override any app from being killed. Unless it has changed recently on iOS you are very restricted what you can run in the background. I want the freedom to run anything and I have that on Android.
- unityByFreedom 7y agoIf you click into the manufacturer you can read details about how they came up with the rankings. For example, > UPDATE: On some phones with EMUI 9+ (Android P+) Huawei introduced a new task killer app called PowerGenie which kills everything not whitelisted by Huawei and does not give users any configuration options. See below how to uninstall it. Previous discussion on HN [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18901006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18901006
- Jonnax 7y agoThis has nothing to do with privacy. It's battery saving. You can create exceptions for apps.
- unityByFreedom 7y ago> I find this ranking lines up pretty well with high privacy risk + low cost given the hardware. Take it or leave it, that's my comment.
- noisem4ker 7y agoIt's a quite dirty way to save battery. It may say something about the tendency of certain manufacturers to cut corners instead of walking the right path.