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Isn't a hotspot a hardware feature?
What is this comment section going on about it being a paid feature originally? How did people pay for software restricted hardware?!
Two ways a carrier can restrict this:
Isn't the second point highly illegal?
No, and that's why people want a net neutrality law.
Your phone uses a different APN for hotspot I think. They can also tell from the packets TTL sometimes.
So?
the second point feels highly suspect as most internet traffic is encrypted these days, and all ISPs could analyze is the domain you're talking too, and the amount of traffic to each
You will own nothing and be oppressed.
Well thanks for that. Good morning to you too.
The hardware isn't restricted, anymore at least. It's usually restricted at the network level. The hotspot uses a different connection. I've been on plans where I can use hotspot, but it just redirects all traffic to a page telling me it's not on my plan, or like on Visible where hotspot traffic is throttled to 5mbps. This also causes hotspot traffic not to go through a VPN if you tried.
Edit: if you're rooted you can bypass this with VPN Hotspot which lets you pass your hotspot through whatever VPN is active
Damn. Orwell must be proud. Or crying.