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by cj 2 hours ago
I imagine most smart TVs don't support multitasking or apps staying alive in the background, hopefully?
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microcode 2 hours ago
The consent screens say that they "may continue running in the background after you close the app".
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dotancohen 2 hours ago
Why would you imagine that? Which non-multitasking OS do you think these devices are based on?
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cj 2 hours ago
Specific to LG tvs:

https://webostv.developer.lge.com/develop/getting-started/ap...

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tumdum_ 2 hours ago
For example OS running on Amazon fire stick 4K kills your background processes after ~20 minutes.
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