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submitted 5 months ago by mortalic@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Title. Basically I just want to use the Wi-Fi hotspot on my phone, it connects and everything but then no Internet.

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[-] Ptsf@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Careful doing just this. They actually track http request headers and look for desktop signifiers, so your best bet is to use a VPN in tandem with whatever setup you go with. (Tried doing this a few years back without the vpn, they sent me some very upset texts.)

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago

I use desktop mode all the time on my phone's browser because mobile sites are too limited. How can they just assume nobody is doing this? Sometimes I even use desktop version of Firefox in Termux because mobile browsers tend to crash large uploads with locked screen.

But I guess I shouldn't be surprised if they already do this hotspot usage limiting. Greed has no limits.

this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2024
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