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by Flowdalic 3962 days ago
> I don't know how accurate Android's power estimates are, but I consistently have people telling me that they are switching back to proprietary messengers because every XMPP client they've tried drained their battery. Whatever causes it, there's a real problem here.

You have to differentiate between the specification and the implemetation. Nothing in the XMPP specification prevents you from implementing a battery friendly XMPP client. But some implementations suck/have room for improvement.
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joepie91_ 3962 days ago
Right. But when I have suggested a number of different XMPP clients to people, and every single one of them has caused this issue, then there's a problem.

Where that problem is, I don't know. I'm just going by what I hear from people more experienced with the effect of XMPP on battery life.

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