← Back to context Comment by tough 4 months ago There's AltStore sideloading, would that enable it? 7 comments tough Reply ivanmontillam 4 months ago It's not an issue of sideloading or censorship in iOS. It's a product decision related to background apps (they kill the running process with no recourse to bring it up again on its own). dlenski 4 months ago As I understand it, only Apple's own apps get the magical blessing to run in the background whenever they want. gkbrk 4 months ago Hmm, seems anti-competitive. 3 replies → mikepurvis 4 months ago This affects other Bluetooth-using apps too, like the Fitbit app needs to be periodically restarted in order to get data synced from a tracker.
ivanmontillam 4 months ago It's not an issue of sideloading or censorship in iOS. It's a product decision related to background apps (they kill the running process with no recourse to bring it up again on its own). dlenski 4 months ago As I understand it, only Apple's own apps get the magical blessing to run in the background whenever they want. gkbrk 4 months ago Hmm, seems anti-competitive. 3 replies → mikepurvis 4 months ago This affects other Bluetooth-using apps too, like the Fitbit app needs to be periodically restarted in order to get data synced from a tracker.
dlenski 4 months ago As I understand it, only Apple's own apps get the magical blessing to run in the background whenever they want. gkbrk 4 months ago Hmm, seems anti-competitive. 3 replies → mikepurvis 4 months ago This affects other Bluetooth-using apps too, like the Fitbit app needs to be periodically restarted in order to get data synced from a tracker.
mikepurvis 4 months ago This affects other Bluetooth-using apps too, like the Fitbit app needs to be periodically restarted in order to get data synced from a tracker.
It's not an issue of sideloading or censorship in iOS. It's a product decision related to background apps (they kill the running process with no recourse to bring it up again on its own).
As I understand it, only Apple's own apps get the magical blessing to run in the background whenever they want.
Hmm, seems anti-competitive.
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This affects other Bluetooth-using apps too, like the Fitbit app needs to be periodically restarted in order to get data synced from a tracker.