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Re:Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware by franga2000 on Monday January 13, 2020 @10:22AM (#22035156)
> its apps don't waste CPU time or memory while not active The 20% of my battery used by Google Play Services, despite the fact that the only Google service I use on my phone is YouTube, disagrees
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Re:Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware by delecti on Monday January 13, 2020 @11:33AM (#22035862)
Google Play Services is a framework which other apps use. That battery usage is just imprecisely categorized usage of the other apps you have installed. Some of those apps might be Google's, but anything that wakes your phone or uses GPS will end up contributing a bit to that percentage.
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Re:Google pushed to take action against Android bloatware by lostmsu on Monday January 13, 2020 @10:31AM (#22035269)
Then you should turn the location off. Might be also Store updating apps.
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