From what I understand, the difference of having wifi available on the plane and me creating my own hotspot, is that if something happens or there is an emergency, the pilots can turn of the aircraft supplied wifi at a moment's notice. As opposed to asking the flight attendants to ask the 100-300 passengers who has a hotspot setup.
I tend to agree that the risk is pretty low. However in my case being on a Chinese based airline flying into a Chinese controlled country, I'm not going to take any chances.
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