Comment on I hate Samsung and their dumb software design choices, and this is one of them. Why do I need a SIM card to enable a hotspot whereas every other phone works without one?

HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• varyingExpertise@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If you just want a local network with DHCP and WPA to do whatever, no uplink is necessary.

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  • fluxion@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Totally useless for 99.999% of users (not even exaggerating). Would be nice to have the option though but would mostly just confuse users with was would appear to most to be a totally useless option.

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    • mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It is useful for LAN games so not 99.999% but more like 90%

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      • fluxion@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Maybe 90% back in the good ol’ days 🥲

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    • user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So is ADB, and Bluetooth tethering, and wired Ethernet, and OTG,…

      This can be solved with a warning like “You are not connected to the internet, hotspot will only allow access within local network.”

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      • fluxion@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        And then you get a billion tickets about why you get that message when you tey to tether to your phone for Internet access

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  • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah but he said wifi extender.

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