Google and Microsoft have signed up to join a lobbying group that opposes the hotel industry’s plan to start blocking personal Wi-Fi hotspots.
Re/Code is reporting that the two tech giants are arguing against a proposal by hotel groups including Marriott International to use blocking hardware to prevent their customers using cell phones to create personal Wi-Fi hotspots for their laptops or tablets.
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Hotel groups don’t like people creating their own Wi-Fi hotspots because it means that customers can avoid costly hotel Wi-Fi charges, by instead using their own cellphone data plans.
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