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aianus02/19/20253 repliesview on HN

Why doesn’t iPhone tethering solve this problem already? Why pay for two modems? Genuinely curious.


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4277282702/20/2025

FindMy relies on the device either connecting to the Internet or pinging a nearby device that does. This would mean Macs always visible in FindMy

MichaelNolan02/20/2025

I'm probably a small minority, but I would trade my phone in for a clamshell/dumbphone tomorrow if my Macbook had 5g. Separately, tethering seems to blow through my phone battery.

dagmx02/19/2025

Convenience and also for corporate devices, so you don’t need a company phone to get data on the go