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> More to the point, in practice, people can easily use as much data in-phone as on a laptop, due to streaming video. Think, for example, of someone streaming m
by gok 7y ago
> More to the point, in practice, people can easily use as much data in-phone as on a laptop, due to streaming video. Think, for example, of someone streaming music via YouTube for hours on end.
There are actually several tricks to make video streaming efficient for phones. The top sites are aggressively throttled [1]. This is harder to do for laptops, where users are typically connecting to corporate VPNs and stuff.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-04/youtube-and-netflix-throttled-by-carriers-research-finds https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-04/youtube-a...
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoI agree with you overall, but not this reasoning. Smartphones can connect to VPN's as well.
- darkpuma 7y agoThey can, but is it as common in practice? (I earnestly don't know.)
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoEvery VPN provider I'm aware of offers either a mobile app or set up instructions for Android and iOS. So while that doesn't really answer your question, I suspect there's a non-insignificant number of mobile VPN users.
- bradknowles 7y agoSure. And anyone who uses a VPN can get themselves limited, just like they were using a laptop, because the carrier thinks you're trying to hide something from them.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoHave you ever heard of on-phone VPN use being detected as tethering? I'd expect the victims of this to be quite upset!