They also encourage you to provide info on yourself (create an account, provide birthday) to even use the screen on the seat back…

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    The more infuriating thing will be realizing that the inflight wifi is basically only good for texting and email.

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      I flew Delta last year and got their free WiFi when I signed up for an account with them. Think it was for a loyalty program for every flight I flew with them and one of the perks was free WiFi.

      I used it for streaming from my Plex server at home and watched 1984 and some other movies on my phone on the flight and don’t remember encountering any buffering or other issues the whole time. Was pleasantly surprised and grateful for that so I didn’t have to use their movie selection.

      Though I do have to say they had a pretty good free selection to choose from. I remember even TV shows which I thought was weird like The Sopranos was on there. I just preferred choosing from my own library and continuing where I left off on my server.

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        I like scrolling through the offerings because it clues me in to foreign language films I had no idea existed, then I add them to my radarr library.

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      Jetblue’s wifi is pretty decent. Not sure what technology they’re using but it’s quite a bit faster than some of the other airlines that make you pay for it.