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Due to a simple bug, Screen Studio app did generate over 2 petabytes of network traffic

It meant thousands of users had auto-updater constantly running and downloading the new version file (250MB) over and over again every 5 minutesLet’s do some quick math here. One of our users, who lived in a house, had their internet provider cancel their contract due to enormous traffic generated during a month. Add special signals you can change on your server, which the app will understand, such as a forced update that will install without asking the user.

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