iPhones are actively hostile and materially harmful to poor people
They don’t allow you to set data caps! They don’t even allow you to see your monthly DATA USAGE
If you’ve ever wondered about the stories of people being stuck with extreme data overuse charges, it’s because a majority of the phones sold and used in the United States explicitly push their users to overuse their data
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I had a T-Mobile prepaid plan on a drugstore Android phone from 2010-2012. The data usage app they preloaded on it was almost a day or two behind, so if it showed that you were close to hitting your cap, chances are you probably already hit it if you had been using your phone a lot in the past 24-48 hours. I caught on when the app told me that I had almost two gigabytes left (back when you could stretch a gig out quite a bit if you stayed away from video apps or downloading big files), then I got a text from them an hour later saying that I hit my cap.
Granted I was on a plan that had “unlimited” data that throttled my phone to like 128 kilobits per second when I hit the cap, but it was still deceitful as fuck for people who were on plans that charged extra if they went past their cap.
It’s crazy that phone companies are still pulling this shit.
Universal usage per billing cycle or non universal (per app only)? This thread from June 2024 on the Apple forum only shows a per app limit, is there a way to set a universal data limit?
iPhones are actively hostile and materially harmful to poor people
They don’t allow you to set data caps! They don’t even allow you to see your monthly DATA USAGE
If you’ve ever wondered about the stories of people being stuck with extreme data overuse charges, it’s because a majority of the phones sold and used in the United States explicitly push their users to overuse their data
🍎🔥
🇵🇸 please consider donating to our Palestinian comrades [click me]
Please help Aya in Gaza ❤️ 🇵🇸https://gofund.me/1222af19Please help Mahmoud from Gaza ❤️ 🇵🇸https://gofund.me/5156f6e9https://www.gofundme.com/f/getting-food-for-my-brothers
https://www.gofundme.com/f/younis-family-relief-and-evacuation-from-gaza
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yamen-undergo-surgery-in-gaza
(work in progress 🚧)wtf that’s crazy
I had a T-Mobile prepaid plan on a drugstore Android phone from 2010-2012. The data usage app they preloaded on it was almost a day or two behind, so if it showed that you were close to hitting your cap, chances are you probably already hit it if you had been using your phone a lot in the past 24-48 hours. I caught on when the app told me that I had almost two gigabytes left (back when you could stretch a gig out quite a bit if you stayed away from video apps or downloading big files), then I got a text from them an hour later saying that I hit my cap.
Granted I was on a plan that had “unlimited” data that throttled my phone to like 128 kilobits per second when I hit the cap, but it was still deceitful as fuck for people who were on plans that charged extra if they went past their cap.
It’s crazy that phone companies are still pulling this shit.
They do in fact let you see your usage. Even adjusted to your billing cycle. It’s listed under the cellular section in settings.
Universal usage per billing cycle or non universal (per app only)? This thread from June 2024 on the Apple forum only shows a per app limit, is there a way to set a universal data limit?
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255644341?sortBy=rank