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An unofficial chapter of the popular Dull Men's Club.

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I was unable to join the library's WiFi today (self.dull_mens_club)

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I was in town to set up a new banking account but wanted to check the deals on my existing ones first. I would have used my phone for this but I have recently got a new phone and would need to join a public WiFi to reinstall my previous apps (if it was possible to do this over my unlimited 5G connection, the way to do this wasn't apparent). I attempted to join the library's public WiFi but needed to supply my membership number which I had not brought with me. No problem I thought as I happened to have my passport and I could surely show this to the customer service desk to prove who I was. The person there was helpful, but said I would need to also show proof of address in order to release my membership number. They suggested I access one of my banking apps on my phone which would show my home address on a statement. But getting my banking apps working was the very reason I needed to join the WiFi in the first place! I asked why proving my address was relevant to getting my membership number when I had already proven who I was, and they admitted they didn't know. We both mused at how things like this highlighted the futility of life. I returned home having not accomplished any of the things I set out to do.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What kind of phone? There are options to allow downloads/updates over cellular, but they are sometimes a little buried in the settings.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In 15 years of using an Android phone, I've never been prevented from downloading an app over my data plan.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

It won't prevent you outright, but if you have Settings > Network preferences > App download preference set to "Over Wi-Fi only", it'll make you do an extra confirmation step when queuing up a download/update to do it over mobile data.

If it's an update, you have to go to the individual app's listing, there's no readily available option from the overall "my apps" view (as far as I know) so it can definitely look like there's no way to force it