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

  • Ptsf@lemmy.world
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    8 days 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.)

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      8 days 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.