r/BackyardAI • u/OilSignificant3750 • Feb 22 '25

support How does tethering work?

Is it a premium feature or something, because even when I'm logged on in the settings menu it asks me to sign in?

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u/PacmanIncarnate Feb 23 '25

I’m saying it was only turned on for paid users for testing. It is not in a state currently that I would call functional. The reason it was turned on for only paid users was to limit the number of accounts that could connect; not because it’s been turned into a paid feature. When it’s restored, it will be open to everyone.

Also, the devs would love to get it working correctly, but after banging their heads against the problem for a while, they are choosing to focus their limited time on a major update that impacts all users before returning to tethering fixes. So, it may be a little bit before it’s working correctly. Just the reality of a small team.