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Pretty soon these will start to hit Apple's limit on downloads over cellular (something I still can't believe exists in 2017).
by post_break 9y ago
Pretty soon these will start to hit Apple's limit on downloads over cellular (something I still can't believe exists in 2017).
- istajeer 9y agoYou're typing from a first world country where there are not huge cellular costs or speed limitations. If you go to other countries, even say, Botswana, the option to download over a gig in apps every (other) week isn't cheap. Bandwidth costs.
- SketchySeaBeast 9y agoAs a Canadian, to get 2.5 GB of data from a larger cell phone company costs me over $100 / month (there are smaller companies that will reduce that, but still, it's little data for quite a bit of money). I'm very happy I can force things to download only over WiFi.
- mtl_usr 9y agoDon't worry, you can get to third world carrier really quickly by taking a Greyhound bus to Canada.
- tushar-r 9y ago>(something I still can't believe exists in 2017 Something that I'm very happy about in 2017 :-) Data is expensive in many places, and wifi/broadband is typically cheaper.
- post_break 9y ago"It works for me so you shouldn't need the option" mentality at heart. I have unlimited data so why should I be under a ridiculous limit?
- mikeash 9y agoIt should definitely exist, but Apple's one-size-fits-all approach is pretty dumb. It ought to be configurable. The 100MB limit is way too big for someone on a really limited cellular plan, and way too small for someone on a high-end plan.
- post_break 9y agoIt should be as simple as a toggle to turn it off.