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Coffee shops ditch WiFi and laptops to limit remote work

by bikenaga on 5/9/25, 3:11 PM with 2 comments

  • by josephcsible on 5/9/25, 3:34 PM

    > Devoción began limiting customers' WiFi use to two hours during weekdays after remote work skyrocketed during COVID.

    > Customers must get a code through an app to access the internet, and it's shut off entirely on weekends.

    Who's doing remote work in coffee shops on weekends? Wouldn't it have made more sense to completely unrestrict the Internet then, rather than completely shutting it off?