Free Apps Eat Your Smartphone Battery 214
judgecorp writes "Here's a reason to pay for smartphone apps: the free versions can spend three times as much energy finding and serving ads as they do serving their actual purpose. Research from a Purdue University scientist found that as much as 75 percent of the energy used by free apps (PDF) goes on accessing location services, finding suitable advertisements and displaying them."
Re:What?!? (Score:4, Funny)
Apps that download ads use 100% more energy downlaoding ads than apps that don't download ads... Who knew?
Next up, parked cars consume 100% less gas than cars being driven down the road.
And there is a study underway in Europe that hopes to confirm my suspicion that empty boxes weigh less than full boxes.
Re:Ads? What are they? (Score:5, Funny)
Since you obviously read Slashdot, I'd say you see at least a couple every day. They're just disguised as stories.
Re:Not always true (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not a problem (Score:5, Funny)
You can get angry birds easily on any platform.
1) Place phone on birdfeeder.
2) Fill birdfeeder with catfood.
Re:Correction (Score:5, Funny)
In other news:
Ads on television waste anywhere from 1/3rd to one-half the power used while watching TV. ;-) Back in the 1960/70s when ads were only 9 minutes per hour, TV ads only wasted 15% power.