Early scan of the comments left me happy: didn't see anybody coming out to defend poor old ATT's right to limit what we can do with things we pay for.
Signed it, happily.
Signed it, happily.
Buy an unlocked one in the other country?
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In other countries you can get a 64gb iphone 5 for free on a 2 year contract, with reasonable and affordable monthly rates. You pay a lot if you exit early, but you can unlock the phone at any time with a simple phone call. You are contractually bound to make the monthly payments, even if you lose the phone, sell it, use it on a different carrier etc. The telco gets their revenue stream (or a lump sum if you break contract), and your liberties aren't squashed. I don't see how simply unlocking the phone can (justifiably) affect cost.
Im not a US resident, so it doesnt affect me, but it is an interesting case study of how powerful the big US companies are.
I disagree.
Politics out of this forum?
I could, for example, presume you to be a tea party zealot, but I could be wrong...
I don't get why need it to be illegal. They could just make the contract exit so expensive that it isn't worth it. You gradually pay off the phone and if you exit in the first few month you pay extra or hand the hardware back.
It is done already they don't need to criminalize anything. In any case I doubt the ban would deter anyone anyway. In some european contracts it is said to be illegal and nobody cares. If it is possible, people end up doing it.
I don't get why need it to be illegal. They could just make the contract exit so expensive that it isn't worth it. You gradually pay off the phone and if you exit in the first few month you pay extra or hand the hardware back.
It is done already they don't need to criminalize anything. In any case I doubt the ban would deter anyone anyway. In some european contracts it is said to be illegal and nobody cares. If it is possible, people end up doing it.
Obviously not.Seriously it's just a phone. Doesn't the US government have better things to worry about?
I'll never understand America and its 'freedom'
I think to be able to trust your government to do what's best and safest for you is actually really important.
I love how there are less than 5,000 needed!
As much as I would like to think this may be a glimmer of hope, this will probably make no difference because we have a government owned by these very corporations and the politicians in office are spineless to do anything about it.
I'll never understand America and its 'freedom'
It maybe too late now, but if Americans have trusted their government a bit more and provided their government with proper regulatory powers, it may have actually been able to keep the corporations at bay.
Haha, so true. American elementary school teaches you to worship the Founding Fathers and protect the right to bear all weapons of any kind. I know because I've been there.
The founding fathers had enough foresight to put in a provision that allows people to protect themselves or fight back against tyranny.
Since we're on the subject of tyranny, do you know who was against allowing citizens to bear arms? Hitler, Stalin, and Mao Zedong (amount other facists/dictators) were all against private gun ownership.
Hitler convinced the Germans to outlaw guns before rounding up the Jews and putting them into the ghettos and then finally shipping them off to the death camps. Stalin slaughtered millions of Russians after guns were outlawed.
The 2nd Amendment was not intended for people to have guns to go hunting or shooting paper targets. It's so that the people are not defenseless against their government.
It's much easier to subdue unarmed people.
If you've paid it off, it's yours. How is it that a telecom company can tell you what network you can use YOUR device with?
It maybe too late now, but if Americans have trusted their government a bit more and provided their government with proper regulatory powers, it may have actually been able to keep the corporations at bay.
With the way things are going down south (economy, new laws, etc.), I wonder if Canada will need its own version of the Minutemen (Red Coats/Loyalists?) to protect our southern border from waves of Americans seeking refuge in the True North Strong and Free
Now I understand why we won our freedom from the british.
I already went around AT&T to get my phone unlocked for overseas, but signed this anyway. The fact an 83 year old Reagan appointee was the final say in this blows my mind, half the people over 65 I know barely understand how to turn a phone on or off.