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I had to use a hotspot for a month and I went through 100gb without trying. Big parts were the 1-2GB OS updates on various computers and phones that download automatically. Docker that pulls the entire world. Netflix and YouTube bingeing for a saturday afternoon. And at one point the PS4 downloaded the Mad Max v1.06 update at a whopping 28 gigabyte without asking for permission.


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