You can be looted.... Yes your data pack can be looted.
The below scenario is
only imaginary and I am not responsible for any coincidence.
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| looting data pack |
We all have data pack with
the mobile service provider like Airtel, Idea, Vodafone, Reliance, etc. and we
usually use it for surfing, browsing, whatsapping and facebooking.
Application like WhatsApp
does not allow us to use the application if it’s not updated when the latest
version is released.
Before continue reading,
please ask this question
- Do you update application from Android/Apple Market Regularly?
- Do you update these applications through your data pack?
- Do you read the reasons for updates?
- Do you know how much bandwidth has been consumed for updating the application?
If you have not thought
about these questions, then it’s time to think and act.
So how is your data pack can be looted?
Imagine the below
scenario where if Apps developers has an understanding with the service
provider wherein there could be an agreement on profit sharing of the data
usage caused due to apps upgrade.
Current apps can read
how we use the device including service provider, apps update pattern, etc.
Once the apps have all
the information, Apps developer can work with service provider with the data
usage which will cause due to the upgrade.
Initially I never used
to read the update log but after thinking about it, I never forget to read
it. Again if you read as well these are generic statements like Bug fix.
Apps stability, etc and it’s really difficult to authenticate the claims.
So we have very less
control over it, however we can be choosy in selecting the application which
needs to be updated.
Think
if WhatsApp decided to update the application without even increasing the size,
consider if we have application “xyz” which size is 10mb and it has been
download by 10,000 users.
“xyz”
application has been provided access to collate information about your carrier
and also it learn the way the application users update the application.
Below table shows a basic calculation on an application upgrade.
So, I believe this
should have given some in site on how it can work if Apps Developer and Service
provider decide to do and frankly speaking no one can do anything on it.
How to save or reduce
data pack usage, choose the application wisely and which is really important to
update.
Source: Imagination and google images
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