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404a102a | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @fc501b69 i have found that sometimes, certain Fediverse apps destroy my battery life because they're actively polling, like, every 30 seconds or every minute. Sync for Lemmy for instance, I had to basically quarantine it b/c even with battery saver mode in 'Restricted' for the app, it still sits in the background, humming away. 😒
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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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Yeah, that is a problem with apps not relying on GSF or MicroG for notifications. They'll just keep polling.

There are times where I've had to install the Google Play version instead, just to get reliable and power-efficient notifications. Telegram was a great example of this, when I was still on that platform.

Alternately, you can just disable notifications on those apps. I'm enough of a dopamine junkie on #fedi as it is. XD

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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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I know that fedilab doesn't background-poll, though. It looks for some kind of push notification service provider, and if it doesn't see one, it'll just give you a warning and grab notifications when you have it open.