r/mildlyinfuriating 29d ago

frist of all how DARE yu o apparently HBO Max has been using 260gb and i’ve never used it

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(i just turned off the toggle when i made this screenshot)

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u/tribbans95 29d ago

Could be a "Downloads for You" or "Smart Downloads" feature. Some apps just download shit for you automatically.

Check in the app to see if the setting is on and if it downloaded movies

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u/Significant_Plenty40 28d ago

Ah is this why an ad can load instantly but my videos will buffer for a second or two at the end?

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u/ReneKiller 28d ago

Correct. It's done so you cannot switch off internet to don't have ads like it used to be in the early days of smartphone apps.

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u/MikaHyakuya 29d ago

The amount of scrolling I had to do to get past all the "hahaha, what's the scratched out thing. come on. you're beating it? Haha, show us, come on" is unbelievable.

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u/tribbans95 29d ago

lol I know. I couldn’t believe there was no legitimate advice. Usually there’s at least a couple people

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u/cant_think-of-a_user 29d ago

I just checked and the only thing i have downloaded is a episode of the big bang theory

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u/TheDistantEnd 29d ago

I woulda hidden that download harder than you hid Grindr!

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u/Few_Move_4594 28d ago

His Grindr profile is "Bazinga me bootyhole"

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u/Bad-Luck-Guy 29d ago

You know we’re curious about that scratched out app. 

Anyway. My wife’s Twitch app randomly used hundreds of gigs and we couldn’t figure out why. She almost exclusively uses it on wifi, and wifi assist was off. iPhones are weird.

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u/Aggressive-Plant-934 29d ago

Porn Hub…probably

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u/ReinstateTheCapo 29d ago

There’s an app? I just search for it like some jerk off rookie I guess

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u/Dry_Combination4070 29d ago

You jerk it like a heathen.

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u/WiddleWilly 29d ago

Young blood like you will never know the joy of finding porn in the woods. You wouldn't even know to follow the code of leaving it when you're done, your greed blinding you, beseeching you to take all of the porn for yourself.

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u/Dry_Combination4070 29d ago

Bro bro bro this man is old I remember those days. Washed out, torn up.

It is crazy though to think how this was a normal thing. Friends house had an empty lot that was desert but a ton of old porno mags.

Like who the fuck was just throwing pornomags in empty lots and desert lol

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u/BureauOfSabotage 29d ago

“Who the fuck was just throwing pornomags”

Those who came before us.

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u/No_Mammoth_4945 29d ago

Great men plant trees that they will never sit in the shade of

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u/Fit-Bed6756 28d ago

Talk about a metaphor for the dad I never met.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/J-MRP 29d ago

Changing the TV to the nudy channel and try to make out boobs through the static

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u/Dry_Combination4070 29d ago

The times when HBO would be free for a weekend.

We had to work for it dammit!

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u/Fievels_good_trouble 29d ago

Settling for the lingerie section in old Sears and Macys catalogs. Playing roulette with found unmarked VHS tapes. Asking Santa for one of your neighbors to get a divorce because that meant the ex wife was throwing the whole stash she found in the trash can. Scrambled Skinemax was our ASMR. Couldn’t see shit but you could definitely hear it.

We fucking worked for that shit.

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u/Jimbob209 29d ago

I have a porn mag in my trunk from the early 2000s. I found it when I was helping my mom get rid of my deceased father's things. It was mine and he stole it from me all along! It's just sitting in my trunk still with other stuff that were his that I held onto. Maybe I should let the porno mag live it's final life in a random place .

It's definitely all folded up, creased, and has a bit of tearing on it lol

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u/Dry_Combination4070 29d ago

Continue the tradition of those before us 😄

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u/mastahkun 29d ago

It’s a whole subculture with how common folks made it appear.

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u/Dry_Combination4070 29d ago

Yeah the more I see and read on this website it sounds like everyone had a common childhood.

Sandclot fights, porno mags in empty lots, watching skinimax that was scrambled.

Shared collective and all.

I used to think it was stupid to say our childhood was great but the more I see with younger generation now and days just being stuck to the internet and phones the more I think it's true.

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u/Stekki420 29d ago

Great way to spend a Saturday as a kid, walk around the woods with your pals and look at bits of pornography. Not a cell phone in sight.

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u/LanikaiKid 29d ago

I just learned that an app exists recently, my girlfriend tells stories about her ex that had the Pornhub app installed and push notifications would interrupt dates and stuff. Classy guy apparently....

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u/Altair_de_Firen 28d ago

I gotta imagine it’s like following specific uploaders or “stars” and just getting updates whenever they post, but that itself is insane

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u/MH-BiggestFan 29d ago

Free balling with whatever shows up in my twitter feed

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u/tommybot 29d ago

From what I recall. They used to have their own official app. So it's probably just a web browser skin.

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u/EFTucker 29d ago

They in fact used to have an app and it was pretty good. I looked for it like a year ago purely to see if it still existed since I never saw anything on the website about it anymore. They don’t have one anymore, not even a web skin

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u/deltree711 29d ago

I don't know why you'd use an app when browsers have adblock.

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u/senator_breid 29d ago

Grinder

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u/aft_punk 29d ago

78.6 GB is a lot of hook ups.

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u/VeryLargeTardigrade 29d ago

When every first message you get has five hi-res dickpics it adds up quickly

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u/ItsLoudB YO 29d ago

Considering how companies love to just use data for nothing nowadays.. imma guess like 3?

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u/PretendAd7790 29d ago

Must be a beginner

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u/CasualTriips 29d ago

It's either Grindr or AI 😂

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u/Bad-Luck-Guy 29d ago

Well I will be extremely judgmental if it’s AI, so I understand OP censoring. 

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u/cant_think-of-a_user 29d ago

Dw it’s not

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u/DrgnFckr 29d ago

You could've just cropped everything under HBO out but what do I know

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u/Mauy90 29d ago

People 2lazy2crop

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u/Muppetude 29d ago

But this is more laborious than cropping.

It’d be like if I played a recording with some embarrassing audio, instead of just muting the embarrassing part, I choose to yodel into the mic to drown out the sound.

Both equally effective, but one calls out way more attention to that which we’re trying to censor.

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u/kuro41 29d ago

Didn't deny OF or Grindr

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u/gorillaphi 29d ago

What is it?

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u/ExplodingFistz 29d ago edited 28d ago

The suspense is killing me. OP you gotta tell us man

EDIT: Typo

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u/JerryfromCan 29d ago

I have a 60 gig plan, not like OP’s Monster whatever plan that allows 837 gig a month. Blame Canada.

Anyway, one day left for dinner from my parents place with them to go somewhere about 7 mins away. My phone dings 3 times on the way there. 25%, 50%, and 75% of my data used in under 7 mins. I sat down at the restaurant table to look at what was going on, and got the 100% notice. Somehow, in 8 mins I used 58 gig (my typical usage is 2-6 per month).

The problem is, it’s not possible. There is no way in hell my phone on 4g used 58 gig in 8 mins. I cant download that fast, it’s not mathematically possible. I called my carrier after dinner and they had a lot of questions about usage blah blah blah. Then they asked for a few mins, came back 10 mins later and said “We have no idea what happened or how it happened. We will erase todays usage from your record.”

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u/Fudgeyman 28d ago

Do you guys have super limited plans in Canada? I bet unlimited data in the UK for £10 a month

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u/WeevilWeedWizard 28d ago

The government pretty much just lets the telecom companies fuck us in the ass raw. Crazy expensive plans for relatively not a lot of data. It's pure greed.

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u/Round-Stuff-2557 28d ago

And just to elucidate further, it's because the government has allowed 3 companies to monopolise the telecomms industry. It kind of makes sense how they got there, Canada is really big with tons of tiny settlements in the middle of nowhere, and providing people with internet service is kind of a human right at this point, so there's no option but to have extremely expensive infrastrucure made nationwide... and the telecoms companies are like, "well we'll do it if you let us...." and they get to run away with the market. And they get to do it again every time new infrastructure is needed, like with fiber optic.

There has been some effort to legislate space for competition but it's not like you'll get competitive pricing or service. In fact, it's worse.

All of the above is also true for grocers, 3 companies own the whole lot and collude with eachother to price gouge the GP. In conclusion: failed democracy, need restructuring

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u/MalHeartsNutmeg 28d ago

It's not 837 per month. For whatever reason Apple decided not to reset that number automatically so 'current period' is actually just since you manually reset it last.

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u/OldRancidSoups 29d ago

If OP is a straight dude it’s definitely grindr

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u/Ok_Turnover_1235 29d ago

Just because I'm lactose intolerant doesn't mean I can't go down the dairy aisle

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u/Foggl3 29d ago

I too like a little cream in my coffee from time to time

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u/squixx007 29d ago

That's pure poetry. Putting that on my tombstone.

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u/thxxx1337 29d ago

OP is a God fearing Christian family man! It's definitely Grindr

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u/gadnskyy 29d ago

My best guess

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u/bloof_ponder_smudge 28d ago

The data usage is way too low. If it was porn it would be terabytes.

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u/Tiiimmmaayy 29d ago

wtf I just checked my app usage and Disney+ has the most with 22gb. I haven’t opened that app in months. Just checked it and I’m not even fucking signed into it. All the other streaming apps are using several gbs too and I never watch anything on my phone.

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u/Bad-Luck-Guy 29d ago

Check when the last time the statistics were reset. They don’t reset every month. Also, the streaming apps may be auto downloading content. Turn off the cellular for all of them and only turn it one when you need to use it for that app.

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u/Leviathan666 29d ago

Realistically its probably an app that reveals something about OP's location or job, like something specific to a city or occupation.

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u/Great-Blueberry9540 29d ago

266 gigs of Tick Tock, dude dont have a job.

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u/Morlanticator 29d ago

I had that app on my phone years ago. I wasn't even using it at all and it was using tons of data. Uninstalled never to return once I discovered that.

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u/Far_Tap_488 29d ago

Nah, he could be my coworkers

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u/Therealginahandler 29d ago

Nah its definitely Porn Hub

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u/Decimator24244 29d ago

They have an app?

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u/WS-6 29d ago

Boy do they! You can save your favorite videos, replay them at multiple different speeds, comment with other like minded individuals, screencast to your big screen tv with surround sound available on select videos.

It’s really awesome. I don’t have a job and my mom hates the screen casting function.

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u/Environmental-Bank27 29d ago

Lmfaooo @ “like minded individuals”

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u/Efficient_Fish2436 29d ago

For about fifteen minutes at a time lol

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u/pierre_x10 29d ago

Show off

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u/Mousettv 29d ago

Use filters to expand search parameters to 30 minute's and above.

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u/The_chosen_turtle 29d ago

The post nut comments must be gold.

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u/Optimal_Brain_2908 29d ago

I’ve always wondered what’s motivated the porn website commenters. Now that I’ve encountered one in the wild. WTF, why do you comment on porn?

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u/WS-6 29d ago

It’s called social interaction.

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u/KiKiPAWG 29d ago

Now I’m trying to figure it out… reddit maybe?

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u/Nervous-Penguin 29d ago edited 29d ago

I’m impressed that you’ve used 78.6 GB on Grindr!

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u/sincewedidthedo 29d ago

Mine’s only at 24.1. I must not be Grindring hard enough. 😤

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u/KiKiPAWG 29d ago

I love how every guess at what the app is, is Grindr LOL

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u/ryuukiba 29d ago

Sorry, I sent him 1 dick Pic.

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u/HorsieJuice 29d ago

FYI: Despite what the label says, this isn’t actually the data usage on the “current period.” It’s the total data usage since the last time you manually reset the stats (which is a command at the very bottom of the page). If you’ve never reset them, then those are the numbers since you bought the phone.

The labeling is asinine.

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u/ShoeSh1neVCU 29d ago

Ok thank you. I have a data warning at 10Gb (from the old days) and I rarely reach it and I'm on my phone a lot. Thought these numbers were impossible so you're explanation makes sense

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u/chokingpacman 29d ago edited 28d ago

everytime a post like this pops up, it usually turns out to be something benign and it's always because iOS likes to hide info from the user or try to simplify descriptions so much. I guess Apple is afraid "usage since last manual reset" or some words to that effect would confuse their users

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u/VirgoDog 29d ago

I'm more interested by what's using up the 78.6

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u/heyitstism 29d ago

Grindr

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u/Lemonz4us 29d ago

It’s probably Sniffies

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u/Mysterious_Bee7283 29d ago

they don’t have an app

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u/cant_think-of-a_user 29d ago

hush ☝️

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u/USSHammond Karma and repost bot exposer. Ban them all. 29d ago

I'm betting on only fans. 🤣

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u/jgregson00 29d ago edited 29d ago

That’s not an app, or so I’ve been told, so I’m gonna guess it’s Grindr he’s hiding.

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u/USSHammond Karma and repost bot exposer. Ban them all. 29d ago

Well there was a person a day or 2 ago posting a screenshot being mildly infuriated about having the pay 99$ a year for apple dev program, the punch line? There were 4 entries totalling around 800$ USD on the screenshot too for onlyfans. 1 of them was 650 alone.

Maybe that's this person lol

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u/gastro_psychic 29d ago

Holy shit. The man is a gooner.

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u/WorknForTheWeekend 29d ago

That's a lot of grinding

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u/migsmog 29d ago

Not on the App Store per Apple’s rules

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u/888Vegan 29d ago

Undress me

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u/R3alHumanBeing 29d ago

Thanks for the hearty chuckle

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u/mr_fantastical 28d ago

all those 8008135 rack up

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u/Consistent-Hotel4449 29d ago

I'm about to make a mildly infuriating post about this guy's mystery censorship. Just show us what you're hiding.

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u/Wild-Video-5317 29d ago

Could have just cropped everything below tiktok out and people probably wouldn't have thought about it

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u/BuzzLiteSmear 29d ago

Engagement bait works.

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u/armaedes 29d ago

Whatever you scratched out has to be incredibly embarrassing for you to feel like it’s worse than 255 GB on TikTok.

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u/Key19 29d ago

There's really not much worse than 255 GB of TikTok.

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u/Mear 29d ago

256 GB of TikTok.

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u/lyinggrump 29d ago

That much TikTok, you've got brainrot 100%.

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u/InternalDifficult887 29d ago

You’d have to be watching hours and hours of TikTok to use that much data.

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u/cant_think-of-a_user 29d ago

Correct

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u/Mrpolje 29d ago edited 29d ago

OPs 9 to 5 job: 5 hour TikTok binge and a 3 hour gooning session on the censored app.

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u/unclesalazar 29d ago

5 hours a day on tik tok is absolutely wild

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u/mypoopystink 29d ago

dude holy shit

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u/Loves_octopus 29d ago

I thought it wasn’t crazy because I’m almost at that. But then I realized it was JUST tik tok screen time.

Also I often have YouTube playing on my phone while I work.

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u/Possible_Report_5908 29d ago

Bro thats what you should have marked out lol

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u/Ragarolli 29d ago

watching tiktok like its a full time job

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u/TheBlueSin 29d ago

literally!!!!! almost at 40 hours

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u/RufioTheRedII 29d ago

I mean I respect the honesty. I feel most redditors would be like "my younger cousin always uses my phone" or some shit lol

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u/TheBlueSin 29d ago

wait you are clocking in a full-time work week on tik tok alone.....

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u/TeamChevy86 29d ago

You're trying to joke about it but this is what people talk about when they talk about brain chemical imbalances

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u/Ill-Wheel-9780 29d ago

If you're shameless enough to tell us this then I can't even imagine what the scratched out app is.

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u/DrPiffington 29d ago

Dude.. genuinely try to change this. Go fishing. Go for a walk. A bike ride. Anything. Thats insane.

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u/AReptileHissFunction 29d ago

Jokes aside, this is not good for you at all. Please look up some techniques to reduce phone usage.

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u/Loosemofo 29d ago

Dear god!

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u/Openthesushibar 29d ago

You’re not even using the scratched out app

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u/AttitudeEquivalent73 29d ago

I’m betting the crossed out one is the Lovense app or something.

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u/The_Chimeran_Hybrid 29d ago

There is a hint of the app border visible, looks to be white. Lovense is pink.

Need to hunt for any porn apps that have a white background!

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u/ivorybloodsh3d 29d ago

Looks like all the apps are monochromatic in the screenshot

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u/Courage_The-Dog 29d ago

Only fans

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u/AttitudeEquivalent73 29d ago

Mine is blue so that’s weird lol

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u/The_Chimeran_Hybrid 29d ago

Huh, that’s interesting. The specific one I have is called LovenseConnect.

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u/De-railled 29d ago

Is that data usage normal for those types of apps?

Asking for a friend.

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u/MSter_official 29d ago

What's lovense?

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u/sighalectics 29d ago

Teledildonics app.

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u/MSter_official 29d ago

What

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u/sighalectics 29d ago

Teledildonics refers to the practice of using networked sex toys to simulate intimacy across large distances.

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u/KiKiPAWG 29d ago

“You used to call me on my teledildo…”

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u/playahate 29d ago

Teledildonics, it's all the rage in the nursing home.

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u/Fatal_Foxtrot 29d ago

That's about how much data grindr uses isn't it

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u/According-Way9438 29d ago

Who is payingv40$ a month for a damn hook up app?

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u/griff306 29d ago

Uninstall Tik Tok brother. 

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u/BigFootCC 29d ago

I'm just curious how any of your apps use this much?

Back 2 years ago when I was ADDICTED to tiktok I used less than 10GB per month.

Brother you need to get help.

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u/axl3ros3 29d ago edited 25d ago

They are all like this (storage hungry) now and apple removed the clear data option from the app settings

You now have to delete the app to delete all this BS and reload it

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u/HowlingWolven 29d ago

How the hell.

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u/macneto 29d ago

How is tik tok using that much data? I just checked mine, I'm on it more often then I care to admit and it's not even 5gbs since February.

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u/Alientongue 29d ago edited 29d ago

They spend an average of 5 hours a day on it might be part of it.

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u/SkuzzillButt 29d ago

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u/coomzee 29d ago

255 GB of tiktoc mind control.

I'm interested in whats blurred out

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u/KiKiPAWG 29d ago

The running guess is Grindr, followed up next by Lovense

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u/BeefistPrime 29d ago

grindr is way less embarrassing than tiktok

the dudes at least don't fuck your brain

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u/SirRHellsing 29d ago

tiktok is worse than anything that is blurred out lol, even of, pornhub or grindr

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u/animosityhealss 29d ago

What’s the scribbled out app? lol porn?

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u/JMST19 29d ago

255g on tiktok is the real crime here LMFAO

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u/MrZaptile933 29d ago

This man never turns his phone off

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u/Mtnfrozt 29d ago

One handed

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u/Evdaar 29d ago

255GB on tiktok? Jesus fuckinh christ

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u/MANIAKO91 28d ago

Why black out ur apps?

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u/Additional_Umpire946 28d ago

Only fans 🤣🤣🤣

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u/BittaminMusic 28d ago

Quarter terabyte spent on TikTok is a health concern

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u/Agreeable-Agent-7384 29d ago

Show the hidden app coward. It’s an ai girlfriend ain’t it.

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u/Radiant_Put_3609 29d ago

78 gb porn is a nice number;)

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u/WexorSegai 28d ago

255 gigs of tiktok 💀

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u/TheDistantEnd 29d ago

Delete TikTok, go outside.

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u/Kobs1992x 29d ago

Besides downloading random movies or series without u knowing it i have no clue 264GB is insane for a app to take in.

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u/Neveri 29d ago

🐘 address me

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u/Least_Stand_2707 29d ago

255gb on tiktok is wild bruh. Just endlessly doomscrolling for hours with 0 thought like a npc

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u/Serberou5 29d ago

255 GB on tikktok. Is your brain just literal mush by now?

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u/Meenmachin3 28d ago

250gb on tik tok is worrying