My brothers and I have attempted countless times to explain to our mother the difference between WiFi and mobile data, including that you should connect to WiFi to save data and that you don’t need a functioning SIM card with data to use the WiFi at the airport when arriving from overseas.
I love my mother but I am struggling to comprehend the incomprehension. If anyone has some kind of simple or fun metaphor or something that explains it, I would be forever grateful. Thank you.
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Tell her mobile data is her own personal internet, which she has a limited amount like a bottle of water. WiFi is someone else’s internet that she can borrow, and that’s it’s unlimited, like someone’s tap.
If she’s out, she doesn’t need to drink her bottled water because she’s somewhere where there’s a tap and she can save her bottle for when there’s no tap nearby.
Although, does your mother ever run out of mobile data? If she has 15gb but only ever uses 2-3 then you might not need to explain.
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