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They should be asking for internet access rather than "WiFi", as WiFi is not synonymous with internet access
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2025
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"Here's your WiFi. Oh, you want the password? Next you'll be asking for DHCP."
I've increasingly noticed this. It's irritating.
To normies of course it is, they don't even know what the innernette is, they know WiFi though. I've even seen people call their cellular signal "phone WiFi" or "5G WiFi" and refer to a Cat5 Ethernet cable as a "WiFi cable".
Thank you professor stallman.
if language changes like that then the problem is that while what they want is clear, what they might get is just a WiFi router in the boat so they can have WiFi but no internet.
also, expecting everyone to be technologically literate is just plain stupid, especially in poorer countries.
On one hand, yes. On the other hand, on a cell phone on a boat in the middle of nowhere with no congestion in the airwaves, it's probably by far the most practical.
You can have WiFi without internet, as is the case on some boats and airplanes
The guy lost two fingers and did his own surgery over four days with nail clippers. WTF
“We feel very isolated out there. We cannot ask for help, we cannot use our phones. But the captain is in charge, and the captain can use it. The only one that has access is the captain.”
So, boats already have wifi (and internet), in most cases, but fishermen are not allowed to use it. It's not a technical or cost issue, it's just.. they don't want the fishermen to communicate with the outside world
how are they making so much less then what I make at walmart??
Because Walmart isn't legally allowed to pay you what they really want to pay.
Indonesian migrant fishermen who work for Taiwan’s massive fishing market
Because they live in a different country
Because of the implication that something could go wrong if you didn't work for them on their boat.
Are these fishers in danger?
Of course not! If they say no, the answer's no.
Upvote for the It's always sunny reference.