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For Europeans, who don't understand: In America they have limits on mobile data in single digits of GB.
As a German over 20 I very much understand
Canada too, our telecom companies are... bad
I got into the habit of downloading anything I wanted to watch / read on the bus. That offline reddit app was nice, and even though I don't need it now I'd probably download a lemmy version of it
I also set up an IFTTT thing back then which would turn off data and turn on wifi based on location
Depending on the contract you sign. Some have unlimited data options, others have only a couple gigs. But back in the early days of mobile data, unlimited options were rare and going beyond your limit meant potentially hundreds more in expenses for the month
When I got my first cellphone, I had VERY few minutes I could call, and texts were very expensive.
I’m so thankful I have infinite data now hahaha
I had 400mb a month for years and it was plenty for me (European).
I guess that can work if you're basically just texting. But that's barely enough for 2 youtube videos. I don't think that qualifies as "plenty" for most people.
I have 1GB/m and rarely use half of it. I just don't watch YT when I'm outside. And it's plenty for looking at beans on Lemmy.
Image compression is good enough that even when browsing Lemmy regularly I don't use more than 200mb and I only watch videos at home or very rarely download them onto my phone in advance (I do this for music especially).
I really don't know why people have so much data. I currently have some weird contract where it's cheaper to get 50gb than something reasonable so I'm not even careful anymore.
I go through 400mb a DAY
A single song can be half that in lossless hahaha
So why not download it?
Oh I have a 300GB music collection, but I also stream random stuff while I work. My music streaming service has High-Res Lossless and songs range from 100MB to 500+
I also download tons of podcasts and stream hours of video while I work. I use HEAPS of mobile data. I would die if I was limited to a couple gigs hahaha
Honestly I think most people have unlimited nowadays but other plans definitely exist
UK here, I pay £5 a month for 3GB. I could pay more for more, but I don't really need it.
And Canada unfortunately.
But also:
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/17567771
I pay 18.16 euros for unlimited data calls texts
Do you get throttled if you go over a certain limit?
I’m Canadian and we’re all getting FLEECED.
No, last month I used little over a terabyte without persecutions
Daaaaaaaaaaamn. If only our sovereignty wasn’t under constant threat I’d resume my efforts to move to Europe.
~~Yes, most providers have it in fine print somewhere, but it's usually only after using hundreds of GBs.~~
So I realized this might be old information and checked. My provider now states that its users always have a right to the maximum attainable network speed, and I can't find any restrictions on that.
Daaaang that’s amazing!
Wait you don’t get unlimited data? With a fair usage policy.
Lol what? That shit is often 10x worse in Europe
What's worse in Europe? Nothing that has to do with internet access is worse in Europe.
France, Spain, Italy, Greece had fucking terrible mobile data options when I spent time there and speeds were awful, unlimited data plans were unreasonably expensive.
It was like that in many nations until very recently
Ok, I don't know about those. In Poland and Denmark internet is dirt cheap and You get coverage everywhere.
No, they just have both options.