Task Killers = BS?

[jefboyardee]

I read that PC memory management is completely different from droid

 

[cds0699]

This is a highly debated topic, but in my opinion (and many others), yes task killers are bs. Check out this thread below, a lot of great, in depth info throughout the thread.

http://androidforums.com/android-applications/335110-why-you-dont-need-task-killer.html

 

[takeshi]

Then I peruse the market and see no end of memory management tools, especially task killers. Are they just conniving PC-trained people to try a solution to a nonexistent android problem?

They can be useful if you know what you're doing but you can force stop without a task killer. Many task killer and memory management users, however, are newbies that have no idea what they're doing but think they know based on their prior (typically non-Android) device or "common sense" and end up doing more harm than good.

The existence of apps doesn't mean that the reason for the app is a good reason. It's just a matter of supply and demand. I mean, for example, the existence of countless fart apps don't mean that we all need fart apps.

 

[jefboyardee]

Thanks all. I had a feeling this had already been discussed ad nauseam but couldn’t find the thread that nailed it. Now I have to go kill my Task Killers...