I, personally, have experienced a marked uptick in my data usage since upgrading to Gen5, as well, and I am doing a few things to try to determine why. I know what's NOT causing it, so I've eliminated some things, but the study continues. To put it bluntly, I suspect it has to do with compression, and possibly the way in which one's data use is tallied with Gen5 vs Gen4. With that said, I wish "they" made a switch to quickly disconnect the LAN when one needs to. Unfortunately, no matter how many apps and adjustments we make, there are sites that include videos and such cannot be made to NOT load and/or play. News sites, for instance. I've taken to waiting until the page is loaded with its print, then disconnecting the LAN cable before the video starts to download and play. Then, when I'm finished reading the article, I close out the window and reconnect the LAN cable. It's not an ideal solution, but it works. It's not that I do this over and over again, but I do it at least once every day or so. Some type of switch, which one could just flip to disconnect the LAN connection, would be so much easier. That, of course, is in lieu of another app that will work for a while in preventing videos from playing. I say "a while," as they will find a workaround pretty quickly. They always do. Chrome used to have the ability to stop plugins from loading. They got rid of that. Bummer!
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