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On the other hand, when I used Android (2010s), I remembered using tools that required root – or even custom OS builds – just so I could prevent apps (like Face
by jitl 6y ago
On the other hand, when I used Android (2010s), I remembered using tools that required root – or even custom OS builds – just so I could prevent apps (like Facebook) from running in the background and draining my battery doing who-knows-what network activity. In this case, I much prefer today's heavy-handed platform restrictions on background processes to yesteryear's permissive but perpetual battery-drained Android ecosystem.
Edit: the article references this HN thread, which I'm sure we'll end up rehashing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22310319 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22310319
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- umvi 6y agoSurely they could have put in a switch in a sub sub sub menu that allows the user to still have the freedom to have apps with background processes though? The thing I hate is megacorps slowly infringing and removing device/OS freedoms in the name of some stated "good cause" (security, malware prevention, battery life, etc.).
- jitl 6y agoThere is such a setting: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/6068458?hl=en https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/6068458?hl=en Although perhaps it is not respected correctly by the OS?
- anthropodie 6y agoI have had this enabled for KDEConnect in past but it still used to fail.