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The Goal of TetherFi
The Goal of TetherFi is to be useful.
I am a single, independent developer, and TetherFi is completely free and open-source. I just want to make cool useful software. Please be kind to others.
I use TetherFi to solve a specific network related problem:
When traveling, I sometimes find myself in a few locations that do not have any kind of reliable Wi-Fi internet, though my Android phone will often have access to it's 5G mobile network. I have an unlimited data plan, but it only includes a severely limited hotspot data function, so I cannot reliably use the mobile hotspot from my cell plan to share data to devices like a laptop computer.
In these situations, I use TetherFi to allow my laptop computer to have access to a Wi-Fi network that is not artificially throttled because of my cell plan. In this way, I experience the same bugs with TetherFi that you may notice when using it.
TetherFi is open source software - it is completely free and you will never be required to pay money to access the application or any of it's features.
TetherFi is free because I do not care about making income from this application, as I have a full-time software related day job that I enjoy and pays my bills.
TetherFi is a hobby project, and charging money for it would lead to me needing to artificially paywall features in the application, which increases the maintenance burden, as is simply not enjoyable.
If you have any other questions, please feel free to create an issue on Github, as that is the easiest way to reach me.