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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 sucks up to 180 Mb/s of internet bandwidth while in flight — equivalent to 81GB of data per hour(www.tomshardware.com)

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RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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Or how many ISPs are going to accuse people of illegal internet activity due to constant large data transfers when its literally just a Flight Simulator lol.

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aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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It’s public domain music and Linux, I swear!

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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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your isp already knows youre streamin nonsense from microsoft. this wont trigger anything

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Rinox@feddit.it
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Unless you run a VPN

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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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must be some great vpn pushin 180Mb/s

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catloaf@lemm.ee
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ISPs won’t even notice. They don’t care about big upload/download unless it’s continuous, affecting other users, or they get a legal notice.

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PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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Not the case for everyone. I’m regularly throttled watching a long 4k movie on Netflix or trying to download a big game from Steam.

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