Apple’s iOS versus Google’s Android

Re:Apple’s iOS versus Google’s Android by hansel_der on Friday November 12, 2021 @09:09AM (#29199374)

> Apps don’t run in the background

afaik there's a setting for that (feature not a bug :)

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Re:Apple’s iOS versus Google’s Android by bmitc on Friday November 12, 2021 @09:40AM (#29199649)

There is, and it’s turned on. Still doesn’t work unless I leave OneDrive open. “Just works.”

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Re:Apple’s iOS versus Google’s Android by drcongo on Friday November 12, 2021 @11:01AM (#29200649)

That's the OneDrive app failing you I'm afraid, plenty of apps do this without issue.

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Re:Apple’s iOS versus Google’s Android by muthuraj57 on Monday November 15, 2021 @07:35AM (#29226615)

I don't agree with this. I use Google Photos to upload all my pictures and videos and it also gets killed when in background. Apple's iMovie app literally asks you to not put the app into background when rendering the video. This shows that apps in background will get killed mercilessly. Some Apple fans might argue this is better for battery, but it feels so primitive for me in 2021 to use a "smartphone" only to use one app at a time.

Try sending media in whatsapp or post a media in Instagram/Facebook in low network condition and putting the app in background. It is literally impossible to do this in iPhone.

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Re:Apple’s iOS versus Google’s Android by bmitc on Friday November 12, 2021 @12:04PM (#29201659)

Doesn’t have the issue on Android, and doesn’t negate iOS having poor multitasking. This happens a lot for other apps too. Also, Android has picture-in-picture for many apps.

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Re:Apple’s iOS versus Google’s Android by drcongo on Friday November 12, 2021 @12:25PM (#29201956)

So does iOS.

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