The majority of people don't know how or even want to be an administrator on their phone. They'll just as quickly hand the phone off to someone else to fix it, or call support, or even just get a different new phone. It's way too much of a leap to assume most users will make the connection that their poor battery life is linked to an app misbehaving, then track down that app and uninstall it in favor of an app that is better on battery.
If Samsung kills the apps, the app maker gets a bad review. If Samsung doesn't kill the apps, Samsung gets a bad review. I know which one I would pick if I was Samsung. At that point it's up to the user to decide if that choice is something they want to subscribe to.
>make the connection that their poor battery life is linked to an app misbehaving
that's why I mentioned, they could display some notification when app is using battery heavily (similar to ANR).
>The majority of people don't know how or even want to be an administrator on their phone.
Exactly same thinking as those device manufacturers. user = idiot (let's kill apps for him, what could go wrong, right?) This kind of thinking brought us here.
If Samsung kills the apps, the app maker gets a bad review. If Samsung doesn't kill the apps, Samsung gets a bad review. I know which one I would pick if I was Samsung. At that point it's up to the user to decide if that choice is something they want to subscribe to.