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With current video streaming services and current mobile devices not providing an easy way to limit bandwidth for video, this totally optional service seems to
by OrwellianChild 11y ago
With current video streaming services and current mobile devices not providing an easy way to limit bandwidth for video, this totally optional service seems to be putting that power into consumer hands... If you don't like it, you can shut it off:
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-24294 https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-24294
If you're not tech savvy and don't know about the feature, your experience of throttled HD video may be impacted. Any calls to service or visits to company stores will alert you to what is happening and will give you remedies.
This seems to me like a reasonable compromise that meets the needs of both low-data-cap consumers and a company that wants to minimize cost of providing data services... I don't understand what is "shyster" about this.