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Pretty sure most of the reason Twitter eats battery is because it loads basically every resource you see on the screen even if you don't interact with it. Images, videos, gifs, all download as you scroll.

This is philosophically the same issue as "apps today use too much memory", and it's caused by a general disinterest in problems that users don't normally notice.

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IтАЩm going to guess that itтАЩs fine-grained location-tracking. I bet if itтАЩs turned off, the app becomes average.

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Reading the GPS takes basically nothing. Even a completely offline map app like Osmand actually recording a GPX of your movement (and writing to flash *does* take significant energy) takes up less power than Twitter.

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ItтАЩs reporting the location to Twitter that takes up the power. Sorry if that wasnтАЩt clear to you.

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