[tessela]

This kind of thinking is exactly why Electron-based apps end up consuming 4% CPU while doing nothing, and why some games use 100% CPU just sitting in their menus.

Why would you expect users to manage threads, processors, and system resources themselves?

[firejake308]

I agree with you, but I wonder what the incentive is for developers to use resources responsibly. Is it just that users will uninstall apps that drain their battery? Or are there penalties imposed by the OS on developers who refuse to play nicely?

[vlovich123]

At a minimum this is done diligently for Apple-written software.

For foreground apps like electron actually this wouldn’t do anything because you generally want it to be foreground. However, various extensions probably should use a different QoS level because responsiveness is better (eg code indexing, builds, etc).

The incentive is a better user experience and a lot of times software engineers end up using the software they’re building so the self interest incentive exists. And developers also exist who view it as a craft and push themselves to write better software.