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A story about bypassing air Canada's in-flight network restrictions

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165 points samray | 1 comments | 10 Oct 25 07:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.198s | source
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stackedinserter ◴[10 Oct 25 13:01 UTC] No.45538517[source]▶
Why does Air Canada charges $30 for internet, that's brutal. Especially on 12hr flight where it should be provided for free imo.
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gruez ◴[10 Oct 25 14:22 UTC] No.45539443[source]▶
>Especially on 12hr flight where it should be provided for free imo.

"Should" in the sense that "everyone should get free food, housing, and healthcare" or that other airlines actually provide it for free? I don't know of any airline that provides it for free, the most is some Asian/Gulf airlines providing "free for 1 hour" or similar. Compared to that, "free texting, unlimited" doesn't seem too bad, considering there are also trans-continental flights with no internet access at all.

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1. stackedinserter ◴[10 Oct 25 18:25 UTC] No.45542144[source]▶
"Should" in the sense that they need to provide basic dignity to people on board. Same as toilet and basic necessities like glass of water or very basic meal.

Although "dignity" and modern planes can't be used in the same sentence, unless you pay 5x for business class, passengers are humiliated less there at least.