[pilif]

It disconnects whenever the laptop enters sleep mode, it causes the phone to run very hot and consume lots of battery and, yes, it requires manual intervention before it can be used.

I agree that overall these are probably small issues, but built-in mobile network access would have usability benefits

[redisman]

With a MacBook internal modem would you then have to purchase another 5G plan and a sim or pay extra for including that in your phone plan? I would imagine it’s not cheap

[pilif]

In my country there are plans that allow for multiple additional devices to be linked to an account.

I wouldn’t have to pay anything extra for a 5G MacBook.

Which of course makes total sense technically. Because for my mobile operator there’s no difference (bandwidth wise. And given the packet switched nature of LTE and later, that’s all that matters) whether I’m tethering or connecting multiple devices.

[wmf]

Yes, it ends up being very expensive. For an iPad, cellular costs $150 plus ~$20/month.

[breakfastduck]

What manual interventions?