It’s my goddamn motherfucking mobile data and MY PHONE. I should be able to use it however I want. My wifi went down because the greedy, cunt-faced shitbags at Comcast stole taxpayer subsidies to enrich themselves instead of actually providing the service we’re paying for. I tried to switch to a mobile hotspot and my phone refuses to open one. Everyone responsible for this shit should be fed to alligators locked away in a fucking gulag. We have no rights and live in a corporate plutocracy.
Back in college, we would use a hotspot on someone’s phone (with mobile data off) as a WiFi router to play LAN games.
I just checked my Pixel 6a and it doesn’t let me do that.
Thank you, smooth-brained developers at Google. I love not being able to do what I want with my purchased device.
That’s not Google pushing that message. That’s your mobile service provider.
It’s Google.
I think there’s a misunderstanding. I was trying to convey in my previous comment that Google does not allow me to create a hotspot with my mobile data turned off.
I put my SIM in my backup phone, a OnePlus Nord N10, to prove it to you. I can create a hotspot with my mobile data turned off on it.
I can’t do so on my Pixel 6a.
EDIT: Apparently it’s working for others on Pixels. See this comment further below in the chain. Not sure why its disabled for me.