It’s my goddamn motherfucking mobile data and MY PHONE. I should be able to use it however I want. My wifi went down because the greedy, cunt-faced shitbags at Comcast stole taxpayer subsidies to enrich themselves instead of actually providing the service we’re paying for. I tried to switch to a mobile hotspot and my phone refuses to open one. Everyone responsible for this shit should be fed to alligators locked away in a fucking gulag. We have no rights and live in a corporate plutocracy.
The hardware isn’t restricted, anymore at least. It’s usually restricted at the network level. The hotspot uses a different connection. I’ve been on plans where I can use hotspot, but it just redirects all traffic to a page telling me it’s not on my plan, or like on Visible where hotspot traffic is throttled to 5mbps. This also causes hotspot traffic not to go through a VPN if you tried.
Edit: if you’re rooted you can bypass this with VPN Hotspot which lets you pass your hotspot through whatever VPN is active
Damn. Orwell must be proud. Or crying.