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points by teovall 1 day ago | 0 comments

I don't know why there's all this talk about putting cellular in MacBooks. Tethering between macOS and iPhone is practically seamless and even to Android it's not difficult. Where are people going with their laptop and not their phone?

[–] NoPicklez 1 day ago

As someone who has cellular in their work laptop, it is just that bit more seamless. Hotspotting also drains the battery on my device substantially.

[–] delabel 12 hours ago

In addition to what others said tethering adds a small amount of latency that's noticeable on things like ssh and rdp.

[–] seunosewa 1 day ago

Tethering uses up the phone's battery when you're not even using it. And you're still going to use it.