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T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users

(arstechnica.com)
197 points LorenDB | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 20:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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tptacek ◴[21 Oct 24 21:11 UTC] No.41908565[source]▶
This is a good way for Ars to generate clicks and a more honest headline probably wouldn't move the needle much, but it's worth being clear for HN that the objection here is not that locked phones are good for consumers, but that the subsidization deals locked phones enable are.
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1. EasyMark ◴[22 Oct 24 04:29 UTC] No.41911205[source]▶
I'm fine with other people buying $1200 phones and then selling them to me a couple of years later for 1/2 to 2/3 the priceunlocked and ready for my consumption. The last new phone I bought was iPhone 12 and that was because 5G was the first really tech jump in a while on phones.