The article mentions 224GBps. I’m sure that’s the theoretical max, but even a small fraction of that would blow away Ethernet. Plus, since you’re not wired, you could move around a room.
In this case; wow it's actually gigabytes? It does seem strictly theoretical and they mention much more reasonable ~1 gigabyte/s deployments.
>Conclusion [...] scientists and researchers around the world are field-testing LiFi in office and industrial settings and reporting data transmission rates at 1GB per second.
LiFi basically brings a cheap and scaling alternative to fiber glass, which is not widespread as in-office connections (where we are still on RJ45, actually).
The only thing I don't use it for is mobile devices and IoT stuff.
I don't even use a personal laptop really (I hate laptops, I do have about 6 desktops) and my work one is always docked with wired Ethernet.