It’s my goddamn motherfucking mobile data and MY PHONE. I should be able to use it however I want. My wifi went down because the greedy, cunt-faced shitbags at Comcast stole taxpayer subsidies to enrich themselves instead of actually providing the service we’re paying for. I tried to switch to a mobile hotspot and my phone refuses to open one. Everyone responsible for this shit should be fed to alligators locked away in a fucking gulag. We have no rights and live in a corporate plutocracy.

    • tillary@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      631·
      11 months ago

      USA mobile carriers have been charging for tethering since devices implemented the tethering feature. Android enforced it through carrier firmware. I don’t remember how apple enforced it.

      I remember having to jailbreak all my iPhones so I could get it for free. As iOS started feeling more limited, I bought a galaxy phone from Europe because the international phones didn’t have the carrier firmware.

      Then T-Mobile was the first big carrier to offer free tethering - I switched to them from AT&T. And now more carriers are offering free tethering because it’s losing them customers probably.

      • Sabata11792@kbin.social
        6·
        11 months ago

        I get 5gb of tethering included on T-Mobile with an “unlimited” plan. I already have an app that routes the traffic through my VPN so only used a few MB for when I forgot to turn on the forwarding.

          • Sabata11792@kbin.social
            2·
            11 months ago

            VPN Hotspot on Fdroid. Its overly complicated, has not been updated for 2 years, and requires root but it works for me.

            Carrier only detects traffic if I run it wrong.

    • jacktherippah@lemdro.idEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      No. On my carrier I can have unlimited data all I want but hotspot is limited to 5GB/month and I have to pay for more or it goes down to 512Kbps basically unusable. Fortunately changing TTL on computers can trick them though lmao.

      • TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        But, but, but… this is Lemmy. I thought it wasn’t legal to say anything here that implies America is not the sole evil in this world?

    • daleus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Used to be a thing with O2 here in the UK. My iPhone 3G (so, 2009?) was affected so I had to install an app that allowed me to tether.