Nostr Web Client

Hi again. I really need to use #Amethyst but it consume a lot of mobile data. It's like every time I use it, it reloads all the profile pictures, all the thumbnails, all the interactions, everything, like it doesn't store any cache and it re-downloads everything over and over again every time I use it. I use my phone a ton and I wish it spent less because I use it for a minute and it consumes like 30 MB or more. It's excessive. Do you think you can fix it for future versions please?

Vitor Pamplona 2y ago

Actually the app does have a good cache these days and will only redownload if you kill the app from memory (swiping up in the apps view).

We are finishing a local database to keep many objects local but that will only help in these re-starts.

In the end, Amethyst is a huge app and will always do a lot. You might want to find an app that only has the features you want. For instance, you don't want the app to show any counters of replies, zaps, likes, etc as you scroll. Or if they do, it's just a rough number, instead of an accurate one.

You can always select to not load profile pictures (each profile picture can be 10MB alone) and other images/videos on the app settings. That should reduce the amount of data used. You can also use the FDroid version, since it doesn't download any translation model (~30MB each).

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Kaizen 2y ago

I kill apps everytime after I use them. Probably a bad habit.