Programmers Are Never Happy, Not Even Android Ones :-)

An Android Developer’s Top 10 Gripes

I can’t say I disagree with much of what he says. My own beef is not with the development environment but the fact that some Android developers decided that their app should auto-start without asking me or giving me the option to turn off this annoying and often battery draining behavior. However, my issue does tie in with Chris’ point 4 and 5: Some applications never quit – or let you quit it (and) the collective misue of resources by multiple apps all running in Android’s background.

Here’s my take on these complaints:
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