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by wmf 5115 days ago
It's like the tethering charge. You pay for data and then you pay again to access the data you pay for. Because they can.
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rkudeshi 5115 days ago
Which did make sense when data plans were still unlimited. Of course that stopped when they moved to metered data and now shared data.
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sneak 5115 days ago
...because Apple helps them hide the "Personal Hotspot" preference option via a carrier settings file.

Blame Apple for caving.

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wmf 5115 days ago
Tethering charges apply to all phones, not just the iPhone.
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sneak 5115 days ago
Carrier-bundled crapware applies to all phones too... except iPhone.
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