> Apple's "solution" seems to be (and I can't recall if it was even directly described as such) "we're moving to a world where cellular data will be the same as Wifi, so..."
Seems like a good assumption. In fact, an increasing number of lower income households have no household wifi and instead use only LTE on their phones. Not sure how they could use an Xbox this way.
> Except here's a fun fact for you. Did you know the same amount of money will buy you _less than half_ the data package in 2016 from AT&T and Verizon as it would have bought you in 2012?
Why I have kept my unlimited data skag on AT&T even though I have to forego tethering.
And even if the metered offer would be cheaper per my actual usage, I know that usage is trending inexorably upwards.
So, they're making an OS for the remote future? A laudable endeavor! In the meantime, I'll stick with an OS made for the present. (posted over a temporary LTE connection where basically every byte is being paid for.)
Because there are still people, such as myself, that occasionally use heavily metered connections, and the percentage of people to whom this applies will not drop to zero in any foreseeable future.
So I suppose the real question is: even though there are users that need this, will they soon be few enough to justify ignoring ignoring them? Is this already the case? (I'll admit my snark was unnecessary, but Apple's position on this is completely incompatible with the way I and many other people use computers.)
Seems like a good assumption. In fact, an increasing number of lower income households have no household wifi and instead use only LTE on their phones. Not sure how they could use an Xbox this way.
> Except here's a fun fact for you. Did you know the same amount of money will buy you _less than half_ the data package in 2016 from AT&T and Verizon as it would have bought you in 2012?
Why I have kept my unlimited data skag on AT&T even though I have to forego tethering.
And even if the metered offer would be cheaper per my actual usage, I know that usage is trending inexorably upwards.