• limerod@reddthat.comM
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      1 year ago

      I checked playstore reviews of wireguard, and people are complaining that wireguard stops working after a while. Which makes me think. For wider compatibility and persistent background tasks, you do need one to stay alive.

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      1 year ago

      Because (from what I’ve read) battery optimization may still kill them, depending on the phone.

      • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
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        1 year ago

        Perhaps, but this article is specifically about the Pixel which, to my knowledge, doesn’t have a task killer as aggressive as some other vendors have. The closer you come to Google/AOSP Android, the lower the probability that your tasks will get killed at random is my experience.