On Tue, 2015-09-29 at 14:38 -0400, Eric Griffith wrote:
There's also the fact that if
> > the connection is metered then we just ripped through a chunk of
> > their
data.
>
> We only do the auto-refresh on wired or wifi connections. If you
> chose
> to do the manual refresh button on mobile data that's up to the
> user.
>
Is there a reliable way to detect that though? If I tether via my
phone or
turn my phone into a hotspot it comes up as Ethernet or WiFi,
respectively.
It seems like we are going to run into the same issue that Microsoft
is
where automatic downloads are giving people bill shock.
AIUI, NetworkManager is working on more sophisticated detection of
tethering, but right now it doesn't have it. Tethered wifi will be
treated as an unmetered connection. I think NM does already treat USB
tethering as metered.
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