new wifi amp

[A Former User]

I feel kind of embarrassed to vent. And this will be kind of long, but bare with me please.

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Honestly, Im tired of going through hoops just to be online every day. And just when I thought I had enough obstacles.

Yesterday my dad got a new “wifi amplifier” with a ‘handy dandy app’ that goes along with it. Well this “app” reports how much data each device uses throughout the day. And sends a notification when they turn the wifi back on. This might not be an issue, but I go online every night, and have been for the past 3 and a half years, which I’ve apparently done a good job at concealing. But if my family ever sees data on my device being used at night, I would be toast.

Even though it’s an easy fix by just turning off my wifi at night and using my personal data, I know my dad will still be notified every morning when I turn the wifi back on. And Im honestly pretty scared that eventually it’ll get suspicious. I thought maybe I could just never turn on the wifi back on, but Im not looking to up the bill for my grandfather, and I’d have to be more conscious about how much data I actually use every day. Even though I’ve researched this new wifi amp a lot already just to verify my parents dont see my app/internet activity, or anything that puts me in ‘danger,’ I still cant shake that “what if” question. What if it does rat me out? I dont trust technology.

I might just decide to stop going online every night at this point. But that cuts off a lot for me. I wouldnt be able to talk to my boyfriend like we have literally every single night for 2 years. I wouldnt be able to even come on mppc past the maximum of 11 pm est. Which makes me feel a lot less like I can help the community as much as I could. Even if I still continued risking just turning off my wifi on my tablet, I can never go on calls at night (which was the only time I had a comfortable amount of time to do so), or stream watch stuff with people ever again because my tablet doesnt support that. I know it’s a little loss for a much bigger gain, but the pure fact that more and more is limited to me than it already was just makes me feel sad.

This wouldnt be so much of a huge change for me if I simply had the same opportunities as others. I cant just check mppc/discord whenever I want. I go through so many obstacles just to be here for you all every day and prevent my entire internet life from collapsing. You guys are my life. I was debating going further into details, but Ill leave that story for another time.

[OY.SSTUFF]

I can tell 2024 will end bad

[A Former User]

@ᴏʏ-ssᴛᴜғғ I thought 2023 was trash honestly. I dont know why Im expecting 2024 to be better.

[OY.SSTUFF]

@Duchess fr

[A Former User]

@ᴏʏ-ssᴛᴜғғ How has your 2024 been lol

[OY.SSTUFF]

@Duchess It was already stumped on when Lynja passed away

[OY.SSTUFF]

@Duchess Not only that, she died on new years day, not being able to see an inch of 2024

[A Former User]

@ᴏʏ-ssᴛᴜғғ Oh, that’s so sad. :( Poor lady.

[Wubbrle the Wubble...]

i hope 2024 will be better than other years in the future, early-2024 is worse than expected

[A Former User]

Wubbrle the Wubble... Yeah. I dont get it. But I hope your year will get better.