I started the app clean and configured it from the start (it was a pain in the ass because I migrated my settings from Sync for Reddit lol) and the issue still remains, having this huge background usage prevents my phone from going to deep sleep properly which lends to a bigger battery drain.

EDIT: BTW the issue is gone when I set the app to restricted battery mode instead of optimized... But I'd rather keep it in optimized as it closes less often in the background, that is how I had it with Sync for Reddit, which on average its active background was several minutes only.

EDIT 2:

This is the process that Battery Guru/BBS says shows

job/io.syncapps.lemmy_sync/androidx.work.impl.background.systemjob.SystemJobService#9188

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@PostWatchBot@lemy.lol

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So I assume you experience the same issue?

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I see Sync spending about half its total time in the background. I'm also curious why.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago

I have my suspects that is because it tries to fetch new messages through a non existent push notifications feature/API that was transferred from Sync for Reddit... But hell, that is just a non funded suspicion.

[–] Deftdrummer@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've stopped using lemmy for the most part and sync so who da fuq knows.

I still don't get notifications from sync.

[–] Kyle@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is like someone standing in Times Square saying, "I don't go to New York or tourist destinations!"

Why are you here? How did you manage to get here?

[–] Deftdrummer@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Hurr durr, wank off on a bullshit forum for a bullshit app lol. Get a fucking life.