Doesn't mean that it was there out of malice or some other nefarious purposes.
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Facebook Implements Fix for iOS App Battery Draining Issues
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Ok, back to the main issue: Has anyone noticed their battery usage back to "normal" with the fixed version of Facebook? I know it's probably too early to tell but I thought I'd put that out there...
fix it just a little bit to stop the complaining of course, while still doing what they want.
Umm why in the hell does it take up to version 42 of this application to fix this issue? The base coded of IOS software has not changed too much, so why is it taking so many revisions to fix issues? Not really acceptable.
They do post the update notes on Android.For some reason they don't do it on iOS.The Facebook app on Android also has lesser issues than on iOS
Friendly app is decent. It strips Fb, pulls bits in thru this dedicated browser app.
It's not like this was there from the first version or that the app has been the same across all the versions.
Perhaps not a lot of other apps have auto playing videos on top of other things that Facebook does? And those that do have something similar are coded differently and perhaps don't do those similar things the same way?
The piss poor excuse given was that it would be easier for users rather than giving the details of changes made.
On top of that, every upgrade is treated as a major whole number release so now we have, what, 39 releases of iOS for facebook? That's absurd.
What does the version number matter. Who cares if it's 8.6.8 now or 39, they are still updates.
I've slowly come away from even logging on. tired of seeing older friends post what time they ate lunch or sipped their coffee.
if I do, I use the web page.
if I do, I use the web page.
It's not necessarily malice. It shows an arrogance and a disrespect for their customers though. They decided that their business interests were more important than Apple's rules or their customers' battery life. That is not a good look and that is why they were more than happy to brush it under the rug by calling it a bugfix. I don't even blame them, I'd call it a bugfix too. Owning up to this would attract some serious egg on the face for no real reason.
On the flip side, it also looks bad for Apple that they either missed this or let it slide for awhile now. That's why Apple won't be commenting on this issue, they just want it to go away.
At this point I'm fine, they changed the app and hopefully it uses less battery, but let's not pretend that they didn't get caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
I fixed the problem myself..... just deleted the app.
You can't drain my battery if its not installed on my phone
1 in a billion
The night before I updated to 9.1 the following morning I watched a short video before I got myself ready for work. When I got to work a 25 min. drive I feel my pocket is hot. I checked my battery it drained to 85% for such a period of time. I checked which app drained my battery that quick. Yup, Facebook took 47% out of my battery for such a short period of time.
This has been happening since at least January 2015 because I first noticed it when I got my 5s. I thought it was my phone being faulty and almost took it to Apple until I realised forcing Facebook or Facebook Messenger to close made the volume increase in Music and YouTube etc. Been reporting it on a semi regular basis since then to Facebook and always same response is that they are looking into it.
You can close apps after using them if you don't want them to run in the background. Most won't run in the background anyway or for more than a few minutes if they need to finish up something. Turning off background refresh in general or for apps that you don't want it to be on can help with it all too.