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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 47 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

your isp already knows youre streamin nonsense from microsoft. this wont trigger anything

[–] Rinox@feddit.it 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unless you run a VPN

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

must be some great vpn pushin 180Mb/s

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

It’s public domain music and Linux, I swear!

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

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.