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by spread_love 1032 days ago
Simply conserving battery life?

And according to the article iPhone users that thought their Bluetooth was turned off were vulnerable to attacks; that's not a superstition.
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astrange 1032 days ago
Turning off WiFi makes your battery life worse, because you'll forget to turn it back on.

Even if you're not joined to anything, it doesn't matter. The cellular antenna is the only one that uses any significant power.

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spread_love 1031 days ago
> Turning off WiFi makes your battery life worse, because you'll forget to turn it back on

What? (I'm not OP)

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Spivak 1031 days ago
Turning off Wi-Fi makes your battery life worse [because the cellular radio uses significantly more energy and you'll forget to turn it back on when you're around Wi-Fi again].
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microflash 1031 days ago
I don't use WiFi and Bluetooth frequently. I use mobile data on iOS and wired connection with macOS. Probably I'm too old now and this way of connecting devices is now a niche :)
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nomel 1032 days ago
The battery will last months if it's turned off "all the way". I think needing many months, away from a charger, is a very very niche use case.
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