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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago (7 children)
[–] KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Because how else are we going to have at least some models out there for people who can't fucking afford these ridiculous phone prices without doing payment plans?

Just like health insurance that's like tied into your mobile plan. We all thought we hated when we paid for minutes, and then for when we were paying for minutes and data, how naive were we.

[–] Mkengine@feddit.de 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What does this locking do? Where I live every online vendor offers to pay by installments which addresses the issue that people could not afford the upfront price, why do the phones have to be locked in the US?

Because most of these companies have some of the best lobbyists out there how else could they possibly get away with continuously taking money from our taxes and handing it over to them to build all these cell towers and infrastructure that they've only Built less than 5% of

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