• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      It’s not necessarily about listening.

      Many/most apps try to connect to Facebook, for example. Part of the ghost profile issue.

      Or a handful of other data gathering services.

      Blocking those are useful for both privacy reasons and battery life.

      Those apps like to run in the background at al times, registering for every single receiver the phone has (apps like Solitaire, for example). If I didn’t block receivers many apps would run all the time, even apps I use once a month.

      It’s MY phone… End