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Re:Facebook drains users' cellphone batteries intentionally ... by rightbyte on Sunday January 29, 2023 @05:41AM (#34566877)
Distributed unit testing ... as you note I like the idea.

If a 'unit test' is "high CPU load during usage" they kill people though at their scale just by the fact that people can't call 911.

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Re:Facebook drains users' cellphone batteries intentionally ... by gggggg5 on Sunday January 29, 2023 @07:47AM (#34567599)
>they kill people though at their scale just by the fact that people can't call 911.

In the same way that everyone who drives a car is a murderer, a ridiculous appeal to emotion.

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Re:Facebook drains users' cellphone batteries intentionally ... by ivan_gammel on Sunday January 29, 2023 @08:04AM (#34567712)
Better example would be a car manufacturer testing new production method that reduces safety of seat belts. Or aircraft manufacturer testing new software that compensates the significant changes in hardware design without airlines knowing about it. Though question is if it is really about seat belts or about diameter of cup holder in terms of safety.
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Re:Facebook drains users' cellphone batteries intentionally ... by gggggg5 on Sunday January 29, 2023 @08:05AM (#34567719)
No, neither of those are even remotely comparable.
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Re:Facebook drains users' cellphone batteries intentionally ... by ivan_gammel on Sunday January 29, 2023 @08:09AM (#34567752)
I have edited my post to be more relevant to the discussion, see the last part.
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Re:Facebook drains users' cellphone batteries intentionally ... by gggggg5 on Sunday January 29, 2023 @08:34AM (#34567931)
I would think that facebook being nonchalant about battery usage has far more in common with cupholder diameters than with seatbelt designs.
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