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So this means mobile users get to pay the data costs for ad bandwidth?

talklittle 13y ago
On mobile devices, all videos that begin playing as they appear on the screen will have been downloaded in advance when the device was connected to WiFi — meaning this content will not consume data plans, even if you’re not connected to WiFi at the time of playback https://www.facebook.com/business/news/Testing-a-New-Way-for-Marketers-to-Tell-Stories-in-News-Feed https://www.facebook.com/business/news/Testing-a-New-Way-for...
- spike021 13y ago
  I wonder if this is how the functionality works in Instagram. I was pretty disappointed last week when a video auto-played while I was using my data (200mb per month plan). If not, then it'd be nice if they could try to stay consistent across platforms.
- deletes 13y ago
  Wow just wow, so adds are silently infecting your device only to be produced at the right( read: worst ) moment.
- dchuk 13y ago
  Which can royally screw people who are tethering via Wifi to a mobile device or mobile hotspot.
  - kevincrane 13y ago
    Yeah, but those are a pretty small minority. A lot of apps have the courtesy check of "don't download songs (photos/videos, whatever) until you're on WiFI". At some point an app has to assume it's safe to download assets, and when you're on WiFi is a pretty safe assumption.
  - MichaelGG 13y ago
    Android, anyways, has a way to mark a WiFi AP as mobile so apps can avoid this.
    - sp332 13y ago
      Oh, cool! Instructions http://www.androidcentral.com/how-tag-wifi-access-points-hotspots-your-android-device http://www.androidcentral.com/how-tag-wifi-access-points-hot...
- comex 13y ago
  Off topic, but this idea that bandwidth has to be carefully thought about and rationed, and resulting avoidance of innovation that uses bandwidth - not that ads are that innovative, but there are many similar situations - is why unlimited bandwidth really has significant benefits, even if the argument that metered bandwidth encourages providers to increase capacity is probably sound.
  - ahupp 13y ago
    There are lots of places in the world where bandwidth is rationed for very real reasons, e.g due to oversubscribed cell towers.
    - polarix 13y ago
      Like San Francisco?

On mobile devices, all videos that begin playing as they appear on the screen will have been downloaded in advance when the device was connected to WiFi — meaning this content will not consume data plans, even if you’re not connected to WiFi at the time of playback https://www.facebook.com/business/news/Testing-a-New-Way-for-Marketers-to-Tell-Stories-in-News-Feed https://www.facebook.com/business/news/Testing-a-New-Way-for...

spike021 13y ago
I wonder if this is how the functionality works in Instagram. I was pretty disappointed last week when a video auto-played while I was using my data (200mb per month plan). If not, then it'd be nice if they could try to stay consistent across platforms.
deletes 13y ago
Wow just wow, so adds are silently infecting your device only to be produced at the right( read: worst ) moment.
dchuk 13y ago
Which can royally screw people who are tethering via Wifi to a mobile device or mobile hotspot.
- kevincrane 13y ago
  Yeah, but those are a pretty small minority. A lot of apps have the courtesy check of "don't download songs (photos/videos, whatever) until you're on WiFI". At some point an app has to assume it's safe to download assets, and when you're on WiFi is a pretty safe assumption.
- MichaelGG 13y ago
  Android, anyways, has a way to mark a WiFi AP as mobile so apps can avoid this.
  - sp332 13y ago
    Oh, cool! Instructions http://www.androidcentral.com/how-tag-wifi-access-points-hotspots-your-android-device http://www.androidcentral.com/how-tag-wifi-access-points-hot...
comex 13y ago
Off topic, but this idea that bandwidth has to be carefully thought about and rationed, and resulting avoidance of innovation that uses bandwidth - not that ads are that innovative, but there are many similar situations - is why unlimited bandwidth really has significant benefits, even if the argument that metered bandwidth encourages providers to increase capacity is probably sound.
- ahupp 13y ago
  There are lots of places in the world where bandwidth is rationed for very real reasons, e.g due to oversubscribed cell towers.
  - polarix 13y ago
    Like San Francisco?