[LINK] About those COVIDSafe download numbers

[Hamish Moffatt]

On 16/5/20 1:43 pm, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> 1. Total number of downloads - i.e. pre-update plus since update
>
> 2. Downloads of updated version


The download number is irrelevant. The interesting number is how many 
people have registered, or better, how many people are actively running 
the application. The number of active instances can be counted because 
the application has to check in with the server every 2 years to fetch a 
new temporary ID (which is what it broadcasts on Bluetooth).

However this number will not look so good for the government because of 
the problems with background applications on iOS, among other reasons.

In online forums I have read of people uninstalling the application 
simply because they don't like the persistent notification that is 
present on Android. This is surely the ultimate first world problem. My 
understanding is that the notification is required by Android in order 
for the application to keep running, ie it's not a deliberate choice of 
the developers.

Some people have also reported the Android app interfering with their 
Bluetooth headphones, and interfering with updating of other apps from 
the app store.



Hamish