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Re:Disclosure of three 0-day iOS vulnerabilities by concinds on Friday September 24, 2021 @04:20AM (#28639841)
I get that, but given that some countries have insanely restrictive Wi-Fi data caps (I heard 200GB, which I would probably blow through in a week or less), I don't see the problem. Even if updates-over-4G are disabled by default, power users should be able to turn it on. My grandma has 70GB for 15€ a month; she only makes FaceTime calls, so uses on average 4GB of data a month. I'd love to use SharePlay to share her screen, and teach her how to use her phone, but that won't be possible, because she can't install the update; it'll have to wait until the next time I travel to see her.

I hear that Android lets you enable updates-over-4G, but allows carriers to block the feature. That's detestable! Surely, if I pay for data, I should be able to use it for anything (legal) I deem important? I don't like corporations making those decisions for me.

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Re:Disclosure of three 0-day iOS vulnerabilities by mschuster91 on Friday September 24, 2021 @06:34AM (#28640637)
> My grandma has 70GB for 15€ a month

I'm German, and ... wtf, I'm envious. We have three carriers: O2 (which is cheap, but their network is horrible), Vodafone (which is expensive, has a good network, and is constantly plagued by issues with its customer service) and Telekom (expensive, good network and decent customer service).

Telekom's cheapest plan is 40€ a month which has 6GB, and the biggest plan before flat-rate (at 85€) is 24 GB for 60€ a month...

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Re:Disclosure of three 0-day iOS vulnerabilities by FabHK on Friday September 24, 2021 @07:54AM (#28641165)
To be fair, looking around a bit, you can get

14 GB for 13€ (https://www.handyvertrag.de - it's a brand of Drillish, reseller of the O2/Telefónica/E-Plus network)

40 GB for 19€ (https://bestellung.vitrado.de/offer/index/2b5pv1)

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Re:Disclosure of three 0-day iOS vulnerabilities by mschuster91 on Friday September 24, 2021 @08:40AM (#28641549)
Yeah, all of that is O2. The problem is, their service is straight shit outside and barely tolerable inside of urban areas at best. My s/o is on their network, it's ridiculous.
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