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I wish Android/Google would close old bugs too... like the intentionally-not-implemented ad-hoc wifi

• supriyo-biswas 3y ago
  Do people even use ad-hoc mode these days? The only places where I’ve seen this even mentioned was on old Nokia smart phones and networking textbooks.
  • chrismorgan 3y ago
    There have been a few occasions in the last decade when I would have if only Android supported it.
  • cykros 3y ago
    That they don't seems to have as much to do with Android not supporting it as anything. Being able to send messages locally without going through any surveillance checks would be a godsend for protest movements, which may well have something to do with why Google hasn't included it as an option. It's useful for mesh networking too. We get used to Internet being available everywhere here in places with solid infrastructure but I imagine being able to use ad-hoc would be helpful in a place like, say Gaza. There are tools that help these situations, such as Briar or SSB, but something at layer 2 would allow for a lot more functionality.
• hnuser123456 3y ago
  If you're connected to wifi and enable android hotspot, it creates a new SSID which routes to the one Android is connected to.
• The_Colonel 3y ago
  That does not sound like a bug.