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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by gpmcadam on Monday February 08, 2016 @11:36AM (#11059074)
To be fair, it's only a matter of time before Apple patches this, or in this case, Facebook "pushes a fix".

Otherwise the advice is sound, disabling backround app refresh is the better approach if you care about the app functionality and don't want to use the sub-par mobile browsing experience.

There's no need to lose out if you don't want to, regardless of the sensational headline.

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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by ohitsdom on Monday February 08, 2016 @12:19PM (#11059395)
> To be fair, it's only a matter of time before Apple patches this

I don't think that's being "fair" to the consumer. Sure it may get fixed in the future, but it's an issue now. And even if/when this specific issue got fixed, you can bet Facebook and others will look for other ways to get around this "limitation".

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