For people finding this thread via web search in the future:
screen.studio is macOS screen recording software that checks for updates every five minutes. Somehow, that alone is NOT the bug described in this post. The /other/ bug described in this blog is: their software also downloaded a 250MB update file every five minutes.
The software developers there consider all of this normal except the actual download, which cost them $8000 in bandwidth fees.
To re-cap:
Screen recording software.
Checks for updates every five (5) minutes. That's 12 times an hour.
I choose software based on how much I trust the judgement of the developers. Please consider if this feels like reasonable judgement to you.
screen.studio is macOS screen recording software that checks for updates every five minutes. Somehow, that alone is NOT the bug described in this post. The /other/ bug described in this blog is: their software also downloaded a 250MB update file every five minutes.
The software developers there consider all of this normal except the actual download, which cost them $8000 in bandwidth fees.
To re-cap: Screen recording software. Checks for updates every five (5) minutes. That's 12 times an hour.
I choose software based on how much I trust the judgement of the developers. Please consider if this feels like reasonable judgement to you.