Re:Facebook drains users' cellphone batteries intentionally ...
by izacus on Sunday January 29, 2023 @08:58AM
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Noone sane would believe that people would switch to Android over that, that's some imagination you have there.
Not caring about battery use? Yeah sure, even the enlightened developers of HN rarely give a crap about that.
Deliberately draining battery to force people to replace their phones? C'mon.
Re:Facebook drains users' cellphone batteries intentionally ...
by Beldin on Sunday January 29, 2023 @10:56AM
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You wouldn't get the tech-savvy people with that, no. But it's easy to imagine someone barely making it through a day, not quite cottoning on, but hearing how Android phones last longer - and dismissing reports about iPhones lasting longer because their iPhone... doesn't.
They're not replacing their phones over this, but for their next phone they're choosing an Android. For battery reasons. Fastforward 2-3 years and most of these folks are switching (with renewal of subscription).
My main question regarding such a scenario: could they find the right balance, ie. drain the battery enough to annoy, but not so much as to attract investigation that'll definitively identify facebook's app as the culprit?
That I doubt.
Hey, Apple is now blocking our ads. They will eat our lunch. What can we do about it?
Hmm... Let's drain the batteries of iPhone users faster. They will switch to Android.
What if we get caught?
We'll just make up some story about A/B testing. Oh and drain some Android user's batteries too, for plausible deniability.
Great plan, implement it!