On: Facebook drains users' cellphone batteries intentionally says ex-employee

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This article is very hard to follow!

I get that there was a lawsuit and the ex employee said that they what they were doing might harm people. But what were they actually doing? Draining the battery on purpose for some reason? Or was it just an unfortunate side effect of something?

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>But what were they actually doing?

I'm assuming the opposite of battery optimizations. Some developers prefer functionality over battery life: https://dontkillmyapp.com/