On: UT-Austin blocks access to TikTok on campus Wi-Fi ...

[mullingitover]

All this really does is add a three second step to their students' day:

- Turn off WiFi

- Open TikTok on 5G connection

Everyone talking about VPNs is overthinking this.

[LesZedCB → mullingitover]

and then once you realize how much data it eats, you'll see why they wanted to disable it in the first place

[s0ulphire → LesZedCB]

Serious question, does anyone really struggle with staying under their data limit anymore? I pay $28AUD a month and get 85GB, and I use about 20 of that per month?

[cute_boi → s0ulphire]

In America, for unlimited it costs $80 on Verizon. With 5 lines it decreased to $30.

There are other alternatives like Mint mobile, however they are also expensive. 10 GB costs around $20 monthly excluding taxes.

In short, Mobile data is too expensive in the USA.

[mullingitover → cute_boi]

I pay $65 for unlimited on straight talk, which is on Verizon's network. I could get it cheaper if I gave up tethering or shared a plan.

There are other MVNOs that are even cheaper, for example Mint is unlimited (35GB of 5G then the rest on LTE) at $30 a month.

[mdrzn → mullingitover]

In Italy I pay less than $10 for about 120GB/month on 5G networks (Iliad).

[potatochup → s0ulphire]

American plans are generally a lot more expensive. Take a look at ATNT for example.

[hk1337 → mullingitover]

That's fine, it means IT doesn't have to contend with TikTok traffic on the network.

[kerpotgh → mullingitover]

You got to start somewhere and normalize it.