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+1 Now that was an entertaining rant. Here's to backing up your view...maybe this goes in to Google's Android suggestion box for the Sugar Lips 2.3 team.

What the OP is saying is an "APP" is a program that we as the user call on to do something we want, when we want it to. If it can be installed or un-installed and the OS is not affected than it does not need to start and run on it's own. The whole Linux to Windows operation apples oranges thing, ok, I get it ( not really) but referencing killing needed services and the Windows shell desktop gui whatever is not the same as just a user APP or specific program executed. If I don't want Skype running I close it. Maybe there are certain parts of it still running but from my end the program listed as Skype will be off and not start back up again until I choose to run it. And thus I have more free resources to use for other things. Even if the OS would do that for me to keep my game running smooth I still get to make the choice.

These programs, for all we know, start up on their own because they are used for a data mining/advertising agenda when they can. Have you guys read all the accesses granted to a lot of the programs we use? I would love to really know what kind of personal data is beaming from my phone all day. I like the fun and convenience of the tech so I don't really care though, if that is happening, as long as I am not affected by it anyway.