Why can iPhones share cellular data but not their wifi?
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It’s not a technical restriction, they just didn’t implement the feature. It’s not a common use case, honestly. Why doesn’t the second person just get on the WiFi? I can imagine situations where I would want to do this but it’s usually some form of shenanigans (for instance, one person pays for WiFi on plane and shares with everyone else).
The original 802.11 spec actually included designs for “ad hoc” networking, where data would be bounced between hosts until it reached one with an internet connection. This hasn’t seen much use since corporate interests decided it wasn’t in their interest to support.
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