cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/25779751
The intative promises to be privacy-friendly with no tracking. Stating:
Your privacy is important. The WiFi4EU app ensures a private online experience with no tracking or data collection. Simply connect and enjoy free public Wi-Fi without concerns.
Source: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/wifi4eu-citizens
Will be interesting to see how this spans and plays out in reality. Looks promising too, did a quick scan of their builtin permissions and trackers and looks good too. (Scanning tool is called Exodus)
What do you mean by this? It’s literally a thing. As soon as I cross a country border, I even get a message saying “Keep enjoying unlimited data abroad”, while torrenting nearly terabyte a month. Paying 26€ per month.
Good for you. What makes you think every country has the same package available?
Literal eu law that says they can’t charge roaming?
Not charging roaming does not mean that your unlimited plan carries over abroad. It just means you can’t be charged more for using your plan abroad.
It is still legal and widely done to have different limits abroad vs domestic.
They don’t charge roaming, but they are allowed to sell limited-data plans. Those plans are also limited abroad. This is okay.
Sure you can get unlimited plans but they axe extremely expensive and not worth it for normal people. I don’t stream terabytes on my phone. I use my unlimited home DSL for that.
Roaming not but there might not be the same price and package somehwere Else in the EU…