XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: no@thanks.net   
      
   On 10/1/23 16:36, Alan Browne wrote:   
   > On 2023-10-01 16:38, sms wrote:   
   >> On 10/1/2023 12:20 PM, Patrick wrote:   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >>> Damn Instagram.   
   >>>   
   >>> Why is it always the app that nobody uses that makes the iPhone   
   >>> overheat.   
   >>   
   >> LOL, here are the iOS apps that are downloaded the most:   
   >> 1. TikTok   
   >> 2. Instagram   
   >> 3. Facebook   
   >> 4. WhatsApp   
   >> 5. Telegram   
   >>   
   >> I did see a complaint that Instagram causes Android phones to heat up   
   >> as well. It seems like Instagram will just use as much CPU power as it   
   >> can get. This is not really a bug in Instagram, the operating system   
   >> should be limiting the amount of resources that an app can consume.   
   >   
   > Not at all.  The OS cannot tell if badly written software is doing   
   > something useless driving up power consumption.   
      
   The operating system controls thread scheduling and memory. They can   
   just lower the apps priority if its past a certain usage percentage, or   
   outright kill it.   
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