One Android app. Why so many processes?

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One Android app. Why so many processes?

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Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days ago

I looked inside fifteen major Android apps, from Chrome to WhatsApp, to see what runs in separate processes, why it might belong there, and what it costs.

I looked inside fifteen major Android apps to see what they run separately, and why.

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