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jayd16 on Feb 12, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: OpenPush: A Free, Decentralized Push Messaging Fra...

I'm conflicted. Its not like I want the same situation of many background services and tray icons you see in Windows on my mobile device.

jml7c5 on Feb 12, 2020 [–]

I think it's alright to have the _option_ to keep a background service running, as long as the user is kept informed of the power impact (preferably with hard numbers). There are some use cases where it's the most reasonable option.

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