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[–] RememberTheApollo_ 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Last time this was mentioned I think the likely answer was that it was locked in a failed update loop. It would download a corrupted file, fail the update, then start the download again. All day, every day.

[–] fatalicus 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It wasn't. It was a display error on the router. It is mentioned in a comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38984609

[–] donuts 3 points 1 week ago

If that was a direct link, it didn't work on mobile for me. But I found it:

In a follow-up post a day after his initial Tweet, Johnie noted “inaccuracy in the ASUS router tool.” Other LG smart washing machine users showed device data use from their apps. It turns out that these appliances more typically use less than 1MB per day.

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