Facebook auto-play for video in Newsfeed
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Did anyone else notice a spike in data usage for the month of September?  I think the root cause for me was Facebook app auto-play of video in my Newsfeed along with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.  I've since turned off auto-play in Facebook app unless I'm on WiFi.  I ended up having to fork out some additional money for data until I figured out what was happening.  I guess I should have noticed it sooner.  Why didn't Facebook make that an Opt In solution vs. making the user turn it off?  Hopefully there wasn't any collusion between the data providers and Facebook.  Nothing like increasing revenue in a sneaky, behind the scenes way.

Verizon, any chance you can have Facebook pay for my additional data?

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