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A comment on Apple Plans to Equip MacBooks with In-House Cellular Modems. Parent comment

Re:Apple Plans to Equip MacBooks with In-House Cellular Modems by Analemma_ on Monday November 20, 2023 @01:08PM (#38351802)
Yes, you're missing convenience. Tethering my phone to my laptop is possible, but annoying to set up, debug, etc. It also burns the battery of the device with the smaller battery, which is the opposite of how it should work.

This is another one of those "Dropbox is just rsync+cron" takes: convenience, ease and integration are worth a lot to people.

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Re:Apple Plans to Equip MacBooks with In-House Cellular Modems by bigstrat2003 on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:38PM (#38356601)
Convenience matters only if it's a worthy goal in the first place though. A cellular connection just sucks compared to wifi, so whenever possible one wants to be on wifi. It's totally reasonable for "the inferior option in case of emergency" to not be very convenient.
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