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by lucaspiller 4134 days ago
> Network data access costs a lot of money in some countries

Very much this. I live in a country which has country wide LTE coverage in populated areas. While the network is fast, data is very expensive. Here 1GB of data in a bundle is around 35 USD, where as back home I can get 25GB for the same.

I have mobile data turned off for most apps because of this. Everytime I open one (even if it works perfect offline) iOS pops up "Mobile data is turned off for XXX".

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Thanks. In the past I downloaded some large files and I had to pay heavy money for them, so, as a developer, I will keep this in mind for a long time :)
In addition, there's a good point to be made about network access related to the previous point: network traffic means battery drain.