Yeap. And it will probably always be like that. In fact, it will probably double or triple when we add full support for NIP 65, when the average number of relays goes from 15 to 75 per session.
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You should try leaner apps like Yana https://yana.do/ or nostros https://nostros.net/
wow.
great, you make it an wifi-only client now.
Let's hope not. But our goal is to make it work with personal relays. So, it will consume bandwidth.
Unfortunately it is. This is the first startup of Amethyst bandwidth usage before i even touch anything but checking the Relay section:

This happens when the relay has no `REQ` limit on `limit` filter.
Usually most relays are limiting to REQ with `limit` 100 events. So this thing does not seems impacting much on a single strfry relay.
But for a relay that does not has that limit, here is the hard consequences.
It's not only that. There is something else going on. I have to use paid relays without limits and it never gets over 10MB.
This relay is buggy. I am talking to you all this time and my max is 6MB on downloads.