Does anyone actually like the wireless data caps that mobile carriers impose? No, of course not. And now Re/code points out that everyone now has a brand-new reason to hate data caps: Apparently, they’re scaring us into spending more money than we need to spend on our data plans. Re/code cites a recently released study conducted by the Government Accountability Office showing that customers whose carriers only offer capped data plans are more likely to go with pricier plans even though they may not end up using that much data per month. The reason? They’re apparently so scared of getting slapped with overage fees that they get more data than they need per month just in case. In fact, it
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