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status: raw
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- software
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title: wifi client
type: idea
updated: 2026-04-11
visibility: public
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# wifi client

a better WiFi management app — one that handles auto-joining known networks intelligently, manages the annoyance of captive portals, and makes password sharing easy. the current state of WiFi UX on every OS is bad in predictable ways: the system joins the wrong network because you were near it once, captive portals interrupt everything, sharing a password requires either telling someone verbally or going through a convoluted OS share flow. these are individually small problems but they're daily friction.

the more interesting version of this extends to network intelligence: tracking which networks are actually fast vs. just accessible, auto-switching when your current connection degrades below a threshold, and detecting when you're on a network where something is being throttled or intercepted. on mobile, the auto-join logic could be smarter about when to use WiFi vs. cellular — not just "which is connected" but "which will actually serve this task better." password sharing is the most socially useful feature: a simple, cross-platform flow where you can share a network credential with someone nearby via QR code or a short-lived link.

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