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Re:Closing your MacBook hardware disconnects microphone, saf... by exitb on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @02:26PM (#35059946)
That’s a different topic really. There are tools that can prevent going to sleep when the lid is closed with no peripherals attached. When not used, most users would expect for the laptop to go to sleep, even if it’s playing something at the time.

What this is about is engaging Bluetooth devices while asleep, which doesn’t make any practical sense.

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Re:Closing your MacBook hardware disconnects microphone, saf... by asveikau on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @03:11PM (#35060513)
> When not used, most users would expect for the laptop to go to sleep

I think part of the problem here is that defining "in use" is actually very difficult, and it's literally something where two different users (or even the same user at different times) could have different expectations for the same circumstance as defined in code.

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