[zo1]

>"They also killed it from running in the background on their phone because it killed the battery."

This probably compounded the issue. If the battery-drain never presented itself, users would have been more likely to not turn the application off.

[TeMPOraL]

Not really. Two more reasons to kill Skype immediately after use:

- Network drain - just how much data an app uses is nonobvious for most people, especially that it changes over time.

- System resources drain - low-to-mid-end Android phones are usually pretty underpowered; they can barely lift their OS. Any application running in the background makes using other applications more frustrating. Hence the popularity of auto-killers on Android.

[newjersey]

What is the fix here that does not involve intermediate servers? The xmpp client conversations asks you to opt out the app from aggressive battery optimization in Android Lollipop. I tried saying no and killing the app. Messages took over two minutes to arrive while I was using the device (not the app). I don't think there is an easy fix. This is why Google Cloud Messaging makes sense but the problem is that now Android is coupled with Google services. :(