Don't do that, as a tech blogger, you're also a businessman. You have just found an opportunity, plug into it by posting tiktok and other SM links when next you post. Your audience will pick whatever is easier to consume. The biggest tech bloggers MKBHD, Mrwhosetheboss, UnboxTherapy, LinusTechTips all understand this.
You're missing the point.
Imagine if I go to TikTok and complaining that their videos are too short. A platform for short videos.
Or going to a micro blogging site like Twitter and complaining that tweet's are too short.
If I want long posts, common sense should dictate that I go to FB, Reddit, Medium etc where I can find them.
If I want long videos, there's YouTube.
Every platform has a modus operandi. Even writer has a style.
Despite the obvious disrespect, I've given them good advice. They should head over there.
GorillaApp: Well, I really don't know all those techy sturvs you wrote up there( I'm no tech geek). I just avoid them because I think they are malwares.
Reasons why people use Task killers and RAM boosters (personal story)
At any point between 2015 and 2018, you would always find them on my device. I never joked with them.
They were top 10 on my list of most used apps, if not top 2, second only to pocketbooks.
This is because I started out using an Android with 512MB RAM and boy, there was never any space to do anything.
I also learned quite early that running apps were saved to RAM so it made sense to me to keep the RAM free if I wanted to use my favorite apps.
That was when I learnt about task killers and RAM boosters.
Their job was simple. Wipe out every task in the RAM to create RAM space. They could also by extension, restrict background app usage.
I won’t lie, they did serve their purpose albeit slightly, but they did.
While games like Dream League or NOVA legacy were coded to use a decent amount of memory, PUBG and PES (now eFootball) were memory hogs. Another deceptive memory consumer is Sim city. I love Sim city but that game consumes a lot of system resources.
So, if you have used or are currently using a 2GB RAM phone, you would understand how slow and unresponsive it becomes when the RAM gets filled up.
The painful part is when apps suddenly get force closed and the phone sends you back to the home screen or worse. It just reboots and restarts.
I cannot count how many PES matches I lost due to this low memory problem. PUBG was kinder because if I logged back in quickly enough, I would be able to resume from where I left off.
At times, the RAM would be so occupied that I’ll have to power the phone off to wipe the RAM and then use my RAM boosters to sweep it clean before I can start a game.
Low memory issues are big pain. I know that money is hard right now but I’ll never advice anyone to get a 2GB RAM device. Just get 3GB or 4GB if you can.
So yeah, I’m sure that I was not the only one who used RAM boosters. Lots of people did and still do.
I had to recently, forcefully uninstall RAM boosters from a friend’s phone. She upgraded from Tecno Spark 2 to RN9S and still kept it ���.
I was like aunty, your phone is 6GB RAM. You will not run out of memory. Please let me uninstall this thing.
Lots of people have been traumatized by low space. It’s no joke.
Why task killers and RAM boosters are a scam
But I’m here to tell you that task killers and RAM boosters are useless and may even be harmful to your smartphone.
Yes. I’ll explain.
Now the reason I gave that sermon was to let you know that I have used RAM boosters myself and I can understand why people think that they work.
In reality, they don’t. They are just a placebo.
When you activate a RAM booster, does clear all your apps from RAM?
Yes. It does.
Does the RAM stay free? Absolutely not. The OS simply pre-loads the apps back into the RAM again and we’re back to zero.
Right back where we started.
No matter how much you clear your RAM with a RAM boosters/task killer, the space won’t stay free.
Android most of the time, considers a lot free ram as wasted RAM so it will preload apps into it.
This is where it gets worse.
The more you clear your RAM, the more the system reloads the cleared apps. This process isn’t free. It costs CPU bandwidth and battery. These are two very important system resources.
See: What are system resources?
This will cause your battery to drain faster, making you charge it more and ultimately causing it to age quicker.
Instead of freeing up RAM, RAM boosters themselves occupy RAM space and persist in RAM. This serves to make the low memory problem even worse.
Another danger is that since the CPUs/OS have to preload apps, you’ll be forcing the CPU to go and read the inbuilt storage to fetch apps and keep in the RAM.
This increased number of reads and writes from storage to RAM could shorten the life of both hardwares.
RAM boosters may sometimes kick important system tasks out of RAM which may cause the system to crash or fail completely, sending your phone into a series of bootloops.
I’ll never forget my first bootloop. I almost cried mehn. ���
Anyway, we move lol. ���
So while RAM boosters/task killers may carve out a small space for you momentarily, the OS will soon reclaim them wasting very precious system resources.
RAM boosters are not only useless in the long term but sometimes, they can be dangerous.
What should you do?
Today, you should not have to worry about managing your RAM because Android is designed to actually do it for you.
I have been preaching RAM management here for the last two months I think.
See: What is RAM management?
Android can manage RAM well so that you don’t have to worry about it.
See: How does Android manage RAM?
Also as a user, know thyself.
I cannot go and buy a 3GB RAM device because I’ll be punishing myself. I am a heavy user and multitasker. I do not currently have a laptop so I shoot and edit videos out of my phone.
I manage this blog and telegram, Facebook, Reddit, Quora out of this phone. I type blog posts on it.
Anything less may not support my use.
I see people who game looking for 2GB phones and trying to carve memory out to play.
Please don’t do that to yourself. People who multitask like me are also on this table.
Your CPU needs a lot of RAM space to store big apps. It also needs a lot of space to multitask.
Check yourself and make better smartphone decisions.
Not forgetting the stupid forced ads it comes along with. Using these transsion phones with their junk ads is like living in Nigeria. Very frustrating!
I took time to read through the article. I am impressed but I used a 1GB RAM Device precisely NOKIA C10. Am happy cos am not a heavy user. Am contented.
saintopus: I took time to read through the article. I am impressed but I used a 1GB RAM Device precisely NOKIA C10. Am happy cos am not a heavy user. Am contented.
Whilst I understand your point, this posts like these are supposed to be earning me money on my blog. This is why bloggers never post in full on NL.
But I post in full here and I never ask anyone for anything. So I see no reason to appeal to anyone's ego. It's a free service.
If he doesn't want to read it, he's free to go. Everyone knows that my articles are 500+ words. This one is actually 1k+.
People that want knowledge will read. Those that don't have patience should go to TikTok.
Problem solved.
lol. This is ego speaking but if you wanna appeal to people and attract new readers, you might want to listen to different directives. Well, do what works for you.
Eyanbahose: lol. This is ego speaking but if you wanna appeal to people and attract new readers, you might want to listen to different directives. Well, do what works for you.
You make a post and someone that you don't know, that you did nothing to, tells you to shut up.
Make you clap for am abi? I should be a door mat because I need readers?
Make I shock you. My biggest audience is The USA and India, not Nigeria. Nigeria is in 3rd place. It's why I can confidently post in full and walk away on Nairaland. I don't need to bait people into visiting or clicking.
If na Nigerians I put mind, I for don close the blog down years ago. Anybody when put mind for Nigeria or Nairaland for promotion go chop beta breakfast.
I will not be a doormat for anyone. I post to share knowledge. If them no wan read, please go.
You make a post and someone that you don't know, that you did nothing to, tells you to shut up.
Make you clap for am abi? I should be a door mat because I need readers?
Make I shock you. My biggest audience is The USA and India, not Nigeria. Nigeria is in 3rd place. It's why I can confidently post in full and walk away on Nairaland. I don't need to bait people into visiting or clicking.
If na Nigerians I put mind, I for don close the blog down years ago. Anybody when put mind for Nigeria or Nairaland for promotion go chop beta breakfast.
I will not be a doormat for anyone. I post to share knowledge. If them no wan read, please go.
alright. I know you make good content but may it be as you've said Gee.
This is why I consider Symbian OS stronger and more stable than Android OS. Back in the days of nokia, you could play PES, Brothers in arm, Real football with Nokia C7 and N8 Symbian phones of 256mb RAM without crashing. These phones' RAM were not up to 512mb but they performed great.
Gkemz: This is why I consider Symbian OS stronger and more stable than Android OS. Back in the days of nokia, you could play PES, Brothers in arm, Real football with Nokia C7 and N8 Symbian phones of 256mb RAM without crashing. These phones' RAM were not up to 512mb but they performed great.
That's mostly due to:
1. Optimization 2. Lack of multitasking (many Symbian based phones did not or could not multitask)
So if you remember, we used to download games of less than 1MB (see screenshot attached).
Compare that to games of today that are in Gigabytes! There's also optimization issues as games tend to perform better on SD than MTK and EXY.
Eyanbahose: lol. This is ego speaking but if you wanna appeal to people and attract new readers, you might want to listen to different directives. Well, do what works for you.
a tech illiterate that knows not that he is a tech illiterate is.
Eyanbahose: lol. You actually know nothing about content strategy. It's not about being a tech illiterate
It is not about content strategy here in this country.
I know this for a fact. You can have the best content strategy in the world and many Nigerians won't support you.
You port it to other nationals and they will share your content without you asking.
If you are not big or popular or rich, Nigerians no rate you. If a big tech company isn't propping you up, nobody send you.
In 2020, I was posting exclusively to Nairaland and guess my blog views for the whole year? It was 1,500. One thousand five hundred.
In 2021, I was mostly off and on as I decided to focus on FB and it jumped to 11k. When I was banned in October, I ignored Nigerian platforms entirely and invested in foreign platforms and boom! It's only half of the year and blog/YouTube views have tripled!
Even if I do short form content, in so far as I never blow, them no go watch.
You post something on a foreign platform and you'll see something like cheers, nice one. Understood. Permission to share. Or bro you seem to have made an error, I'll check and adjust accordingly.
On Nairaland, you go dey beg people to feed their brains again. For why. There's only one content strategy in 9ja, be popular and appear as though you've made it. Close the case. Nothing attract followers like giveaways in this country.
It is not about content strategy here in this country.
I know this for a fact. You can have the best content strategy in the world and many Nigerians won't support you.
You port it to other nationals and they will share your content without you asking.
If you are not big or popular or rich, Nigerians no rate you. If a big tech company isn't propping you up, nobody send you.
In 2020, I was posting exclusively to Nairaland and guess my blog views for the whole year? It was 1,500. One thousand five hundred.
In 2021, I was mostly off and on as I decided to focus on FB and it jumped to 11k. When I was banned in October, I ignored Nigerian platforms entirely and invested in foreign platforms and boom! It's only half of the year and blog/YouTube views have tripled!
Even if I do short form content, in so far as I never blow, them no go watch.
You post something on a foreign platform and you'll see something like cheers, nice one. Understood. Permission to share. Or bro you seem to have made an error, I'll check and adjust accordingly.
On Nairaland, you go dey beg people to feed their brains again. For why. There's only one content strategy in 9ja, be popular and appear as though you've made it. Close the case. Nothing attract followers like giveaways in this country.
This early morning, not a single Nigerian.
well.. you know Nigerians aren't readers except you're talking about stories. But kudos to you tho
