return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoT-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for usersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down12cross-posted to: gadgets@lemmit.onlinepolitics@sh.itjust.worksnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmit.onlinearstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cathackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoThat’s exactly right. Users will have to purchase phones on credit like we do for every other major (and sometimes minor) purchase. This doesn’t change the relationship between carriers and their customers at all. It only changes their accounting.
That’s exactly right. Users will have to purchase phones on credit like we do for every other major (and sometimes minor) purchase. This doesn’t change the relationship between carriers and their customers at all. It only changes their accounting.