News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Google Play permitting alternative billing systems for users in South Korea. Parent comment

Re:Google Play permitting alternative billing systems for us... by endless1234 on Friday November 19, 2021 @05:10AM (#29275588)
> Back in the day, applications on Symbian devices could run in background without any indication.

This was absolutely terrible for battery life, though. Accidentally leave the IRC client open in the background? There goes your battery. There are non-nefarious reasons why smartphones work they way they do nowadays.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google Play permitting alternative billing systems for us... by anthropodie on Friday November 19, 2021 @06:49AM (#29276253)
But they did it less for saving battery life and more to push their own Software. There are many things that could have been done to avoid the battery issue.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google Play permitting alternative billing systems for us... by izacus on Friday November 19, 2021 @10:22AM (#29278072)
They changed API to clearly show that an app is using battery to push their own software? Who's "they" and what kind of conspiracy theories have you been reading again?
[ Parent | on HN ]