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The "location tracking" thing is so absurd. Apps use the location tracking permission to stay active in the background. App Review says "why do you have this pe
by kalleboo 2y ago
The "location tracking" thing is so absurd. Apps use the location tracking permission to stay active in the background. App Review says "why do you have this permission? you need to actually have a user-facing feature that justifies tracking the location to get it" so apps just add a pointless "my location history" feature that is not actually needed just to make App Review happy.
At that point, just allow background refresh! Everyone is just working around the rule anyway, why does it even exist?
The App Store is so dysfunctional.
- threeseed 2y ago> Everyone is just working around the rule anyway, why does it even exist Because most developers are not working around the rule. And if you allowed every app to permanently background you would compromise the iPad experience.
- Andrew_nenakhov 2y agoIs macbook experience compromised? They are essentially the same hardware now, and I didn't notice any issues with 'macbook experience'.
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- neilalexander 2y agoApple have full control over process scheduling so there is absolutely no reason that it should compromise the experience at all. They could notify the app it's about to go into the background so that resource-intensive tasks can be paused, then severely limit CPU shares to preserve battery life and then notify it again when it's about to hit the foreground. That would be enough just to keep application state in memory or socket connections alive.
- ecjhdnc2025 2y agoRight -- that's what I meant by Kafakesque. Though it's a bit more Brazil than Kafka, I realised after I made a cup of tea.