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Compromised | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yeah, that's one of the creepy things. Even with so-called “unlimited data” which is 40 GB, I run out pretty fast
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Karnage | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 Nostr should probably think about ways to address this. How can we gain mass adoption if people can't use it while out and about?
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LePlebRoyale | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Its also still pretty crap in the browser on desktop imho...
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Karnage | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I find that some clients work 80% 10% of the time lol
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elsat | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 @damus android being designed with low data mode to start

cc @KernelKind @jb55 

on damus iOS have you tried disabling auto-load media to test bandwidth usage?
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Karnage | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I haven't. But media is the best part! 🤣
I'll try that for now (next month, my current data has been gone for a while lol)
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elsat | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 🪦
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Compromised | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Yeah not too many people have unlimited data. Idk I rissed this question many times but seems like nothing has changed since then 😅
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Karnage | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Unlimited is not what people think it means (not anymore at least).
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duck | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 I finally got an email stating that unlimited data is available in my area (I've been going over every month) but in order to do that, I have to accept their router and security settings and I'm not sure I want to do that. The last time I had one of their routers, they wouldn't let me open port 443 (HTTPS) to my own applications.
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Compromised | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Woah. I thought You had it. Damn 
Yeah, I also wouldn't accept such terms.
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duck | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Diving deeper. Looks like there is a way to select just the unlimited data. $30/mo is better than the $90 overage fee they hit me with last month.
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Compromised | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Overage fee 👀 On my end if I run out of the data the internet is slow as fuck and I can't use it at all.
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Karnage | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Same here. Once my data runs out I can't use anything, can't run any nostr app, no netflix, no youtube. Some things still open and sort of work but super slowly.
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OceanSlim | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I have 10 gigs and use amethyst all the time on the go... Idk why others seem to have big probs with this.
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Karnage | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Damus used 35.4GB for me, and I barely use Damus when I'm outside. I literally open for 2 mins and close out (maybe it's still running in background? I don't know...) That is how I use the app most of the time - open, upload an image (some outdoor crap), and close.  I may be underestimating the frequency, but it's certainly not like I would have used Twitter back in the day.
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OceanSlim | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Just looked, I was on vacation for memorial Day and used for a 4 day weekend mostly on data and a lot in the car ride and was a lot more than usual but past month usage even with that was 9.2gb
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Sleventy3 | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Data limits are a scam. Soon unlimited will in fact be unlimited. In one way or another.
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vinney | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Personal servers. Connect your client to a single backend that is doing most of the work for you and only requires fetching minimal data. (Feed diffs, etc)
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LePlebRoyale | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I hate typing on my phone, so I ususally only use social media on a desktop system.. nostr kinda sucks on desktop in the browser.. it keeps losing who I follow and/or PM's don't show up.
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Compromised | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Hmm. Have you tried different clients?
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LePlebRoyale | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 yeah, nostrudl is okay on desktop
But I'm not verry happy with nostr yet.. it needs to be more reliable.
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Karnage | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 yeah the desktop experience is more painful than mobile and like you, it's hard for me to keep up on mobile so I switch to desktop.
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HappyBear | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 learn to swipe and never look back.
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LePlebRoyale | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 That still does not beat the speed of my hands on a keyboard.