Paolo Ferrazza
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I get what you are trying to say and I agree that resources are handled very efficiently by this OS. However, writing from the programmer's point of view, this is obviously still a task for the OS that costs resources - memory and more important: battery - unless it is completely magical. So it would be even more efficient if an app that is definitely not needed anymore would simply be unloaded. I could signalize this wish to the OS by using the back button and signalize that I am still using the app in the near future by using the Windows button. This always worked really good as I had control. It requires more steps now and simply seems to be messed up.
No battery is not affected by a suspended app, and no it is not a task for the OS. If you refer to the task of freeing memory at a later time (if and when it is needed) that task costs less than showing you a task view and then handling your input and then free the memory. Yeah things do look magical till you understand them usually