why does the yahoo mail app suck so much power, even when it is not being used?

[AC Question]

I have noticed that if I force close the yahoo mail app, my battery lasts a lot longer. Battery Doctor does not automatically turn yahoo mail off, so my battery drains faster when mail is not disabled.

 

[ManiacJoe]

How often is the yahoo app set to do the background syncs?

 

[Rukbat]

And Battery Doctor, since it's written by Cheetah, should be uninstalled. All it does is eat battery.

 

[belodion]

All it does is eat battery.

Funny.

I'm reminded of something I read in Martindale's Pharmacopoeia I think it was, that there are certain drugs for treating headache, one of the side-effects of which is that they can give you a headache.