I’m so fucking tired of Google. I want to pull the trigger and switch to a different Android distro but I won’t have time until I get a break from school. Fuck Google.

  • SolidGrue
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    4 hours ago

    “Restricted” means the app has been limited by your Android on the amount of data it may transmit/receive as a background app. The app settings assume you’re on a meterd or low-volume data plan, and so they don’t transmit data except when they’re active, or up on your screen.

    Their upload/download tallies will still count in your Network accounting. Frankly, your screenshot looks like something I’d expect. Nothing untoward seems to be occurring.

    Let those other restricted apps 'run in background" (an app permission) and you’ll see a different picture.

  • Yer Ma
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    154 hours ago

    Are you confusing the words restricted with redacted?

  • @[email protected]
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    354 hours ago

    I’m all for de-Googling, but… is it possible that Restricted in this context mean those apps have no data usage because they’re restricted from using it? It could be trying to say that the app is restricted, not that you’re restricted.

    • @trollblox_OP
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      104 hours ago

      oh. I was in a bad mood when I made the post, but I think the wording should be more clear. maybe change it from “restricted” to “restricted from using this network” or something

      • Otter
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        3 hours ago

        Or maybe

        0.00 MB (restricted)

  • @[email protected]
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    244 hours ago

    I think this is your phone doing you a favor, dynamically restricting the apps so they don’t misbehave in the background.