# What do you use your mobile data on the most?

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**Created:** [January 18, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635 "2019-01-18T01:16:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Evan\_the\_yoyo\_boy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/evan_the_yoyo_boy/32/65657_2.png) [@Evan\_the\_yoyo\_boy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Evan_the_yoyo_boy)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/1 "2019-01-18T01:16:22Z")

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![Screenshot_20190117-191515](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/7/b/f7b49cf8b38f51e3b240a5f2777a4b058ef6c2b8.png)

I used all of my data in chrome browsing yoyo expert forums. :joy:

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/2 "2019-01-18T01:27:52Z")

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The good news is that Discourse is _extremely_ bandwidth efficient:

- it’s a JavaScript app that runs in your browser so it only downloads the minimum necessary data to display in JSON format and renders that data entirely via already loaded JS code

- we only load images as they scroll into view, as of recently.\*

You could have a hideously poor internet connection and still have a good experience on Discourse. One caveat: you do need to download the JS app bundle on first load, so that’s a bit of up front cost.

\* prior to that all posts were loaded in chunks of 20 as you scroll up or down, so it was still _good_ but not optimal like it is now.

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**Author:** ![vegabomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vegabomb/32/199_2.png) [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/3 "2019-01-18T01:34:44Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> we only load images as they scroll into view, as of recently

I thought something had changed with pics. They kind of blur into focus now.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/4 "2019-01-18T01:36:38Z")

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Yes the low res 10x10 placeholder is used which is pre-rendered into the replies. That way if the image completely fails you get a sense of what it might be, at least.

It is kinda funny to scale a 10x10 pixel array up to large size.

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**Author:** ![SuperSurge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/supersurge/32/59492_2.png) [@SuperSurge](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SuperSurge)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/5 "2019-01-18T02:23:09Z")

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Reddit, then YouTube, then Chrome. Reddit not so good for yoyos but great for other stuff.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/6 "2019-01-18T02:28:52Z")

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If you want to see an example, here’s a 10x10 image in HTML

```auto
<html>
<img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAIAAAACUFjqAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAAGdYAABnWARjRyu0AAAAYdEVYdFNvZnR3YXJlAHBhaW50Lm5ldCA0LjEuNWRHWFIAAAD5SURBVChTRZBNS4RQFIb9aUHL/lD7Fu1cS4tspeBHYWOMjRreGQcvt+tXFtOljysM7QRnggg33o4p9azOeR84cF4piiLLsmRZ1jRN13XbtlVVhVVRFEqp1LYt57woH5K8uksoY6yu6+dfmqaRhBBd1yF0jbPIp1X+toXkj0Hvd216ccgujzL1YB6T3f5zdMCgge0riexjN5y7uFqg9RgCk96wKn//8EgeIyMkxRgCk+b8BS1X8SoMrZPkHn9/TfcH3fd9mqVPm0eSILY+pzent1dn/7ooiiAIfH9hGAYmGC1RWZbw4aTd2cw0TSjH8zyoBWbHcaAiIcQP4av42K/Bax0AAAAASUVORK5CYII=" width=433 height=492 />
</html>

```

Raw image is here

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/1/1/d11d814c5a441dfd1117ed231b97e567d8784c72.png)  
↑ it’s teeny tiny

original source

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/4/c/24c31c3421fde0d24dd80e688017a5975b5f1a82.jpeg)

Another example

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/9/7/697e3d60b544d909fc90a26cd7ec5e6a764323f4.jpeg)

Size cost:

| | |
| --- | --- |
| 5×5 | 234 bytes |
| 10×10 | 464 bytes |
| 20×20 | 1,291 bytes |
| 40×40 | 4,142 bytes |

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**Author:** ![shatterFX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shatterfx/32/66476_2.png) [@shatterFX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shatterFX)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/7 "2019-01-18T02:46:40Z")

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My top 4 apps

 ![Screenshot_20190117-214602_Settings](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/c/f/1cfa97f0080e043bea0a1b2f8f86acc20aab7d11.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/8 "2019-01-18T02:52:18Z")

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Luckily I have unlimited data

 ![Screenshot_20190117-205055](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/1/4/0147526bfdd6a03eb7a726d6779266acbb0f7bbc.png)

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**Author:** ![Evan\_the\_yoyo\_boy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/evan_the_yoyo_boy/32/65657_2.png) [@Evan\_the\_yoyo\_boy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Evan_the_yoyo_boy)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/9 "2019-01-18T02:54:43Z")

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Oh so you use your phone as your WiFi source instead of a router? Cool.

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**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/10 "2019-01-18T02:57:19Z")

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Watching yoyo tutorials and this forum.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/11 "2019-01-18T03:04:00Z")

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That… is a ton of data 😱

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**Author:** ![Evan\_the\_yoyo\_boy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/evan_the_yoyo_boy/32/65657_2.png) [@Evan\_the\_yoyo\_boy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Evan_the_yoyo_boy)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/12 "2019-01-18T03:06:41Z")

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And I only have 500 megabytes of data.:joy:

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**Author:** ![Kieran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kieran/32/7959_2.png) [@Kieran](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kieran)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/13 "2019-01-18T03:41:31Z")

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Spotify by a long shot! Can’t go anywhere without my music 🎶

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**Author:** ![Marm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/marm/32/46204_2.png) [@Marm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Marm)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/14 "2019-01-18T03:54:38Z")

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Me too

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**Author:** ![NoT\_ATHROWER](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/not_athrower/32/14242_2.png) [@NoT\_ATHROWER](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NoT_ATHROWER)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/15 "2019-01-18T03:59:48Z")

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instagram mostly.

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**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/16 "2019-01-18T04:22:53Z")

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I do not have internet / wifi at home…just my iphone6 with no unlimited data…

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**Author:** ![Evan\_the\_yoyo\_boy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/evan_the_yoyo_boy/32/65657_2.png) [@Evan\_the\_yoyo\_boy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Evan_the_yoyo_boy)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/17 "2019-01-18T13:22:29Z")

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I’m using the WiFi at my house right now. I use my mobile data on the way back from school to browse yoyo expert forums.

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**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/18 "2019-01-18T13:29:17Z")

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I automatically connect to wifi at work. I’m low on data now so that’s handy. Plus, Starbucks on my days off…

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**Author:** ![Evan\_the\_yoyo\_boy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/evan_the_yoyo_boy/32/65657_2.png) [@Evan\_the\_yoyo\_boy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Evan_the_yoyo_boy)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/19 "2019-01-18T13:34:05Z")

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I’m almost out of data and I’m out of texts. :joy:

 ![Screenshot_20190118-073259](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/9/0/f90c68fe08618f09cc8292414736e16fb38d014b.png)

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**Author:** ![threebearrries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/threebearrries/32/42073_2.png) [@threebearrries](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/threebearrries)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-mobile-data-on-the-most/297635/20 "2019-01-18T14:10:55Z")

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I have WiFi basically everywhere on campus, so I very rarely use data. Without WiFi, I would probably use the most data on Spotify.

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