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Re:How Alexis Ohanian built 3 brands people love: reddit, br... by prateekdayal on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @08:03AM (#3981638)
Isn't that an undesirable behavior? You are consuming network bandwidth without even using (or knowing about) it?

What if you are on an expensive mobile data plan?

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Re:How Alexis Ohanian built 3 brands people love: reddit, br... by Sambdala on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @08:10AM (#3981657)
Then don't activate flash/video/etc unless you activate it. Dolphin HD browser supports this behavior.

And it's absolutely desirable behavior in any site that gives you related videos (such as YouTube) as you get to open multiple videos and have them buffer in the background without disrupting the flow of you consuming content.

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