Anyone can confirm the bug?

[tihsgod-21768]

Any advanced gamer that can confirm that the constant patch downloading Bnet bug is a bug and not the aliens downloading our personal data? thanks

[Avikon-1471]

You’re forgetting Blizzard sells all your data to China anyways.

[Ironymus-21854]

@Hoku posted a workaround for the bug here:

How To "Fix" the Constant Update Loop Bug

For those who hate having to deal with the “Update? Ha ha j/k!” bug (where it tries to update the game with a 137MB download every time you log on), the issue is with Bnet, not HotS. To “fix” it, DO NOT LAUNCH BATTLENET! Go to the folder where you installed HotS, such as C:\ProgramFiles (x86)\Heroes of the Storm, find a sub-folder called “Support64”, and directly run “HeroesSwitcher_X64”. That will launch HotS bypassing the bnet bug, although you will have to log in when it hits the authentic…

[Minky-11649]

A big thanks again to Hoku for this. It is telling this issue still persists as it effects all Blizzard games, not just Hots. It’s also rather a sad state of affairs that after almost a month someone not working for Blizzard was the one to post a work around for the issue.