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Ask HN: Slack macOS app battery impact

1 pointsby t3rabytesabout 2 years ago
Hey HN! I have a work-issued 2021 14in Macbook Pro and if Slack is open, my battery life is ~half (3-4 hours) of what it is if it&#x27;s closed. Slack (version 4.31.155) consistently has 2x the &quot;energy impact&quot; of Chrome (loaded up with tabs) in the macOS Activity Monitor.<p>Hardware acceleration is enabled in Slack settings, and I&#x27;m logged into several workspaces as part of our Slack Enterprise Grid setup ( it&#x27;s moderately annoying that I can&#x27;t sign out of individual ones I don&#x27;t care about). But the impact of just having Slack open seems immense. Am I missing something here? Has anyone else seen this behavior over the last few months? Help me save my battery-life!

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