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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am so happy to live in Sweden. All open WiFi networks here are free to use and requires no email or account (VPN recommended as always, though). Even at grocery stores.

[–] CallOfTheWild 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's generally true in the US as well. That's why people are so outraged by this.

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

So Walmart has done it again, huh?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lol, I'm jealous. Pretty much all public WiFi requires login in the UK.

[–] Molecular0079 1 points 1 year ago

This might be anecdotal tbh. I am in the US and I run into captive portals all the freaking time. It's so annoying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It was very easy to get free WiFi in the US compared to most EU countries I've been in. But here in the EU at least I have cheap data so it's not all bad.