I don’t think it’s so much the charge circuitry as keeping the battery at 100% all of the time. keeping it plugged, but software limited to 80% capacity is probably better than letting it discharge.
I know keeping a battery at 100% is worse than 80% for li-ion batteries. That is not the discussion. OP specifically suggested a constant full charge/discharge cycle as an improvement over leaving the device plugged in, and I can’t imagine that being better for the battery.
I don’t think it’s so much the charge circuitry as keeping the battery at 100% all of the time. keeping it plugged, but software limited to 80% capacity is probably better than letting it discharge.
I know keeping a battery at 100% is worse than 80% for li-ion batteries. That is not the discussion. OP specifically suggested a constant full charge/discharge cycle as an improvement over leaving the device plugged in, and I can’t imagine that being better for the battery.
I guess what I was trying to say is that yeah, it probably would be better than keeping it fully charged. I wouldn’t let it dip below 20% though.