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In a world where data caps are acceptable by ISPs, p2p is definitely not a viable solution yet and to have this be automated rather than opt-in is irresponsible
by syvolt 11y ago
In a world where data caps are acceptable by ISPs, p2p is definitely not a viable solution yet and to have this be automated rather than opt-in is irresponsible at best. I'm not sure exactly how it works on their side, but to use up a person's data without their explicit permission is pretty bad in my opinion. For example, in my area and a bunch of others Comcast has a 300GB cap, I'm assuming there are other ISPs in other areas who also do data caps. People have to be mindful of their data in the current world we live in, to use it up without permission is a fairly dick-ish move. I feel the ISPs are more at fault than Microsoft, but Microsoft should be aware of the current ISP climate. My opinion.
- dogma1138 11y agoIf you setup the internet connection as metered (available since windows 8) it will not send updates to machines over the internet. Not sure if MSFT does this for Comcast but my Windows 10 machine detected the internet connection of 4G dongles (even when it was over normal Ethernet) and prompted me to confirm if it's a metered connection or not. On a metered connection Windows 10 (as 8.1 before it) is extremely bandwidth conservative it doesn't pull non-critical updates, and other online features such as updating cards, cortana, store function etc. went into austerity mode as well.