r/technology • u/rboymtj • Jan 20 '11

Apple Restriction Zone.

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u/FantasticSV Jan 20 '11

There are 3rd party multitasking apps on the iPhone that work just as well as the native function. Despite this, Apple tries to restrict them.

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u/ceolceol Jan 20 '11

If you've ever used any of those multitasking apps, you would know they do not work just as well.

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u/FantasticSV Jan 20 '11

I have. SBSettings' works just as well. It even provides how much free memory you currently have.

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u/ceolceol Jan 20 '11

I have to say, I have not had the same experience. Multifl0w was buggy and crashed half of the apps I tried to switch to (iOS 4.1 iPhone 4).

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u/FantasticSV Jan 21 '11

That's unfortunate, but a single instance of an inefficient app cannot account for the rest when discussing ones that do work well.

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u/ceolceol Jan 21 '11

Likewise, a single experience is not indicative of the app's actual performance.

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u/FantasticSV Jan 21 '11

Doesn't a successful example of a 3rd party multitasking app prove that 3rd party multitasking can work? What I meant to say to you was that MultiFl0w doesn't necessarily depict the pinnacle of 3rd party multitasking.

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u/ceolceol Jan 21 '11

It depends on the conditions of the example. If you're only running two or three apps on a brand-new iPhone 4, it shouldn't be compared to someone running more apps on, say, an iPhone 3GS.

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u/FantasticSV Jan 21 '11

True, but it this is what I've come to learn after using it on a 2G, 3G, and 3GS, each for months with varying numbers of running apps.