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by izacus 941 days ago
Of course, those very same users then also want their chat messages and calls to actually work and work immediately. Their health data and step counters to sync. Their GPS trackers and location sharing to be SPOT ON and never lag behind the real world. Their music to keep playing and their chromecast controls to keep working. Their iCloud and Google Photos to sync if their phone gets stolen or dropped into a toilet.

But sure, it's the battery - it's just that the best way to save the battery (turn off the phone) isn't REALLY what's important ;)

And comments like yours are funny on this very site, because what this site complains is OEMs killing competition and choice by selecting apps that are allowed to be used - e.g. apps like Signal are the ones that suffer the most because they're not blessed by exceptions.