fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoVerizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and wonarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1421arrow-down1external-linkVerizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and wonarstechnica.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square43linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareCallMeAnAI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down11·4 days agoBecause a locked loader only really affects an absurdly small percentage of people.
minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 days agoThat is a separate issue. This is a lock to prevent use with other service providers,
minus-squareCallMeAnAI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down14·4 days agoWhich people don’t care about. They were getting a new phone when they switched.
minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoPeople… don’t care about being able to switch phone carriers while keeping their phone? I think you’re quite mistaken. Even if few people actually do that, they certainly care about the effect of the resulting competitive pressure on the market.
Because a locked loader only really affects an absurdly small percentage of people.
That is a separate issue. This is a lock to prevent use with other service providers,
Which people don’t care about. They were getting a new phone when they switched.
People… don’t care about being able to switch phone carriers while keeping their phone? I think you’re quite mistaken.
Even if few people actually do that, they certainly care about the effect of the resulting competitive pressure on the market.