Re:Why Big Companies Keep Failing: The Stack Fallacy
by newjersey on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @09:49AM
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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. :(
- 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.