It’s my goddamn motherfucking mobile data and MY PHONE. I should be able to use it however I want. My wifi went down because the greedy, cunt-faced shitbags at Comcast stole taxpayer subsidies to enrich themselves instead of actually providing the service we’re paying for. I tried to switch to a mobile hotspot and my phone refuses to open one. Everyone responsible for this shit should be fed to alligators locked away in a fucking gulag. We have no rights and live in a corporate plutocracy.
This is only the case if you buy a phone from your carrier (that they’ve customized to disable hotspot without you paying extra) instead of from a phone manufacturer directly. Carriers doing that isn’t as common outside the US, but it’s not an inherently location-based thing. I’m in the US and (due to buying phones from the manufacturer) I can use mobile hotspot without paying any extra even though my carrier would normally require that.
I’m a little late, but I have an unlocked s20+, and I can’t use tethering either. I’ve tried on numerous networks. I have to use workarounds. From my research my phone is not the only one that has this issue. Apparently oneplus and google phones can do it though.