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kratoz29@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Since it seems to keep alive in the RAM longer than other clients I agree with you.

Voyager is also a good option because no tracking or added waste from apps because it is a PWA.

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passably9@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Voyager has to run a full blown browser in the background. That’s pretty bad for performance and battery efficiency

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- kratoz29@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Not according to my battery stats when I use Voyager ofc Chrome comes on top, but I get so much more SOT than using the Android apps.
  
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  - passably9@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I don’t think your test is objective.
    
    A browser made with native Java/Kotlin which then has to setup an environment for running HTML, Javascript and CSS, is obviously going to be slower and heavier on the battery, than an app made in just Java/Kotlin
    
    You don’t realise it because you have a fast enough phone probably. My 5 year old cheap ass phone can’t run Voyager or other PWAs without major stutters, but Jerboa works perfectly fine
    
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    kratoz29@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Fair enough, my phone is from 2019 but I often forget how painful navigation is in older hardware.
    
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ScotinDub@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Interesting, hadn’t heard of voyager. Will give it a go in addition to jerboa!

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- kratoz29@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Both are great options, but I am more inclined to Voyager, especially on your specific case scenario.
  
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