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Facebook Implements Fix for iOS App Battery Draining Issues
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It still noticeably lowers the volume when you open FB, but, unlike before, as soon as you leave FB, the volume goes back to the right level. I no longer have to force quit FB to get the correct volume playing.
Considering FB's crappy track record, I count that as a win.
No, I do not even like Facebook (or social media, in general). I'm just not a paranoid conspiracy theorist and prefer to approach things from a rational perspective. Correlation without causation, and all that.
I wasted like 150 mb of cellular data trying to update. It kept getting stuck. I deleted Facebook and had to reboot twice and it finally loaded
Doesn't seem like it was in the background for any time really based on that screenshot (compared to the almost 5 hours that another app has been in the background).
Yeah because Edward Snowden proved that the gov and tech companies are trust worthy and conspiracy theorists are nuts... Uh huh...
Have you been living in a cave??
I treat Facebook like adobe flash. Not on my device, thank you very much. 
Not at all. I'm not saying things cannot happen. I am saying that the conclusions being drawn by the journalists and commenters here are incorrect. The vector supposedly being used by Facebook in this case makes no sense. The implementation as described here, the results presented, and the comments made, gets Facebook absolutely no where and causes issues. The implementation described is monetarily worthless.
Every single sign here points to this being a bug. Nothing presented, demonstrated, or otherwise discussed even remotely suggests anything malicious, but you and others here start sharpening your axes because the word "Facebook" was uttered.
If you're so concerned about it, throw away your phone and go live in a cave. Otherwise, worry about the probabilities and think this completely through, because this issue was pure and simple a bug with zero malicious intent. Even the remotest application of logic explains everything, and the conclusion that Zuckerberg somehow cares about what you do on your phone is entirely and completely incorrect.
Shame on the commenters here and shame on the journalist that suggested otherwise.
They are full of ****.
They were using CoreLocation, CoreBluetooth, and a few other background services.
They got caught.
Apple said that they would monitor battery life like this by apps.
It looks like it was handled behind the scenes.
Haven't used the app in two years. Just used safari. With Purify, its a no brainer. The apps is nice, but safari fits my needs.
Cite your sources. Additionally, there are many non-malicious reasons for using these services.
It's also a direct violation of the iOS Background Execution concept.
Always try to avoid doing any background work unless doing so improves the overall user experience. An app might move to the background because the user launched a different app or because the user locked the device and is not using it right now. In both situations, the user is signaling that your app does not need to be doing any meaningful work right now. Continuing to run in such conditions will only drain the device’s battery and might lead the user to force quit your app altogether. So be mindful about the work you do in the background and avoid it when you can.
Can't really say Facebook has ever used up more than about 2-3% of my battery. Maybe people need to stop browsing Facebook all day and do their work?
I disagree with this.
By making the app run in the background, (from what has been explained to me) it should be more likely to remain in active memory and thus will be less likely to need refreshing when switched back to. In this case, there is a perception of running faster, thus there is a higher likelihood of the user going back to the app more often, resulting in more page-views, thus more ad-views, thus greater monetization (if not now, then at some future point).
By assuming this is a bug, you are assuming that the 100+ coders didn't notice the decreased battery life (increased drain) nor did they notice the volume issues, and they also didn't get notification of the bugs effect from any of the reports on the internet.
I agree that Zuckerberg, Cook, or any of the others have no interest in what I do with my phone, or what you do with yours, on an individual level, however on an aggregate level, they have a great interest in what we do with our devices. I believe it is naive to think otherwise, as the fate of each of their companies likely hinge on battles being fought on these devices and over our mindspace.
DISCLAIMER: My opinion may be somewhat biased as I don't use social media much, mainly on principle - but also because I really don't care what my Aunt Mary had for dinner...
Um no. Quite simply it's because they got caught. Prior to iOS 9, there was no way to see background usage and therefore no way the average user would have realized what was going on. The new battery stats exposed them and that's why they're turning it off.
With every engineer and tool at their disposal (Instruments in XCode), FB could not possibly have not known of this for ages. But as long as no one knew, they could get away with it. With the huge public outcry now, they have no choice.
You haven't met Facebook.
Also, your snapchat usage doesn't seem so bad for 7 days; but 24 hours for Facebook is RIDICULOUS!
I'll get slapped left and right for this, but screw it:
Tim doesn't have as big cojones as Steve. Would he make some calls and pressure Facebook. Yes, successfully so? Well, I guess we're seeing the result here.
I believe that Tim's approach is a bit more the stealthy one.
He's the one fixing business relations with Google after Steve's "war" also.
Not a warmonger, he's a lot more diplomatic.
Glassed Silver:ios
If I could easily create some test users which only lasts a few days in my Office 365, I don't need to join Facebook just for some sort of collaboration. Google is still not so good when comparing it with Microsoft Office.
