topic Metered connection not respected in Desktop (Windows) https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Metered-connection-not-respected/m-p/4815296#M79914 <P>Hi,</P><P>Similar to this idea <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Android-app-does-not-respect-metered-WiFi-networks/m-p/1921488" target="_blank">https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Android-app-does-not-respect-metered-WiFi-networks/m-p/1921488</A>, the Desktop app does not respect metered connections.</P><P>This is really very "rude" compared to many other applications.</P><P>I had specificially downloaded all the music I wanted to have on my laptop during a few weeks away from wifi.&nbsp; One time when connecting to internet over a cellular data connection, while spotify app was open (and not even playing anything), it immediately starts to update offline files, inexplicably.&nbsp; That in itself is a problem, but one way or another, it should not be doing any such thing while on a metered connection.</P><P>/Neil</P> Sun, 01 Sep 2019 15:06:18 GMT neilc0 2019-09-01T15:06:18Z Metered connection not respected https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Metered-connection-not-respected/m-p/4815296#M79914 <P>Hi,</P><P>Similar to this idea <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Android-app-does-not-respect-metered-WiFi-networks/m-p/1921488" target="_blank">https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Android-app-does-not-respect-metered-WiFi-networks/m-p/1921488</A>, the Desktop app does not respect metered connections.</P><P>This is really very "rude" compared to many other applications.</P><P>I had specificially downloaded all the music I wanted to have on my laptop during a few weeks away from wifi.&nbsp; One time when connecting to internet over a cellular data connection, while spotify app was open (and not even playing anything), it immediately starts to update offline files, inexplicably.&nbsp; That in itself is a problem, but one way or another, it should not be doing any such thing while on a metered connection.</P><P>/Neil</P> Sun, 01 Sep 2019 15:06:18 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Metered-connection-not-respected/m-p/4815296#M79914 neilc0 2019-09-01T15:06:18Z