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> 15 GB (2 days of non-streaming usage for me) This sounds exceptionally high. What do you do that uses so much?

swah 5y ago
Probably 4k video content ? > The download size of a 140-minute 4K video, for example, would be approximately (14 GB x 2) + (.233 GB x 20) = 33 GB or .233 GB x 140 = 33 GB.
- sleepybrett 5y ago
  he said non streaming.
mschuster91 5y ago
There are a lot of data guzzlers in a modern household... seriously, the proliferation of high-speed broadband internet has had massive consequences for everyone not enjoying that luxury. The worst offenders are social networks like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, especially if you have video auto play enabled. Because almost everyone has an ultra-high-DPI screen these days, they expect high video and image quality, and that's a lot of data. Next up are media sites: auto-playing videos again, followed by "normal" advertising and actual content. Just for popular papers and media: A single (!) page load of the front page of Germany's respected newspaper Süddeutsche clocks in at 7.7 MB, Spiegel has 6.6 MB, tabloid BILD has 10 MB. US NYT is 9 MB, Fox News is 6MB, CNBC 8.7 MB. Even relatively plain Stackoverflow's front page clocks in at 2 MB. And then, there are all the updaters (looking at you, Windows Update), the other phone-home telemetry and analytics stuff, even more ads side-loaded by modern "smart TVs"... Where the fuck have we gone wrong? Is there any chance to get "the old" Internet back without putting everyone in advertising in jail for a decade?
fastaguy88 5y ago
Perhaps I over estimated. I know that my 15 Gb hotspot allocation only lasted a few weeks (days was perhaps too strong). I used two carriers to get 30 Gb. But one MacOS upgrade (on one computer) and the allocation is gone. And then there is Zoom. I think that it is difficult to estimate one's internet usage if you can go somewhere else when you need do to something big. If 15 Gb is your only allocation, for home and work, it doesn't last long.
dan1234 5y ago
That’s not even a full Xcode update nowadays!

swah 5y ago

Probably 4k video content ? > The download size of a 140-minute 4K video, for example, would be approximately (14 GB x 2) + (.233 GB x 20) = 33 GB or .233 GB x 140 = 33 GB.

sleepybrett 5y ago
he said non streaming.

mschuster91 5y ago

There are a lot of data guzzlers in a modern household... seriously, the proliferation of high-speed broadband internet has had massive consequences for everyone not enjoying that luxury. The worst offenders are social networks like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, especially if you have video auto play enabled. Because almost everyone has an ultra-high-DPI screen these days, they expect high video and image quality, and that's a lot of data. Next up are media sites: auto-playing videos again, followed by "normal" advertising and actual content. Just for popular papers and media: A single (!) page load of the front page of Germany's respected newspaper Süddeutsche clocks in at 7.7 MB, Spiegel has 6.6 MB, tabloid BILD has 10 MB. US NYT is 9 MB, Fox News is 6MB, CNBC 8.7 MB. Even relatively plain Stackoverflow's front page clocks in at 2 MB. And then, there are all the updaters (looking at you, Windows Update), the other phone-home telemetry and analytics stuff, even more ads side-loaded by modern "smart TVs"... Where the fuck have we gone wrong? Is there any chance to get "the old" Internet back without putting everyone in advertising in jail for a decade?

fastaguy88 5y ago

Perhaps I over estimated. I know that my 15 Gb hotspot allocation only lasted a few weeks (days was perhaps too strong). I used two carriers to get 30 Gb. But one MacOS upgrade (on one computer) and the allocation is gone. And then there is Zoom. I think that it is difficult to estimate one's internet usage if you can go somewhere else when you need do to something big. If 15 Gb is your only allocation, for home and work, it doesn't last long.

dan1234 5y ago

That’s not even a full Xcode update nowadays!