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[–] audiomodder@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don’t know about you, but I don’t honestly remember the last time I connected my phone to my computer to transfer data

[–] oldGregg@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good for you! I do it at least 3 times a week

[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Same. Having a 10Gb/s data link from my phone comes in handy pretty fucking often.

[–] audiomodder@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] money_loo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Privately transferring large porn files?

[–] FuntyMcCraiger@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I connected my phone to tether internet since the power was out but the cell network was still going.

[–] audiomodder@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

iPhones can tether via a wifi connection, so that’s not necessary. Does drain the battery a bit faster, though.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Most desktops don't have WiFi cards + it does add more latency to WiFi hotspot. Say your internet died at home and you still want to play games or work in vdi

[–] money_loo@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

iPhone can share it over Bluetooth too, if it helps.

[–] Resistentialism 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] money_loo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I wasn’t sure so I didn’t want to say, thanks for the information.

[–] hydroel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All smartphones I've had since around 2013 could do that. Is Wifi Hotspot still locked behind an ISP paywall exclusively on iPhone?

[–] audiomodder@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Nope. That’s kinda my point though. You don’t NEED to tether.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don't do it often either, but it came in clutch this week when I re-installed Linux Mint and needed to download the drivers for my wifi card via tethering.