Is there something about the way lemmy works that is causing Sync to chew up so much data? I never saw this kind of usage on Reddit.

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Not that far off from mine! Interestingly, my Sync used almost as much as Meet (which I use daily for video calls).

    I suspect it’s mainly multimedia data, like high-res images. Maybe Lemmy serves higher-res images compared to Reddit? I also recall seeing some discussion somewhere were Lemmy instance admins were turning off server-side image/thumbnail caching, so as a result you could be directly pulling the high-res images by simply scroll thru your feed? This is just a guess though.

      • fiasko@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Unrelated to the post, but how did you manage to rack up 32GB for tachiyomi? Do you just read a lot? I don’t think I’ve ever cracked a gig.

        • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Indeed, I read a lot. :) But in addition to manga, I also read a lot of manhua/manhwa, which take up a lot more bandwidth than manga since they’re colored.

    • StarAD@lemmynsfw.comOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m thinking similar. I have preloading hires images off and gifs set to WiFi only, but when I go to view an image it is already there loaded. Guess I’ll have to turn off preloading previews and thumbnails also. I don’t watch video here unless by accident.