Do not worry about FCC, DOJ, FTC. These are manned by political hacks who have rubber stamped 99% of take overs and made the US wireless market the most concentrated in the "free market" western world. At 80% of the market Verizon Wireless and AT&T can pretty much decide what the subsidy mechanism will be. AT&T has the largest number of lobbyists on the hill. Do you seriously think DOJ is going to go anywhere near AT&T? Heck, they even almost rubber stamped AT&T's take over of T-Mobile based on 100 faceless and unidentified congressmen "supporting" the take over. Senator Al Franken was the only guy standing on the side of the middle class saying the buy out would increase price for consumers.
It would be so typical that one A*hole
would take this to the DOJ. I think ending phone subsidies would be awesome. T-Mobile definitely has lit a flame under the other carriers' asses haha.
I have purchased at full retail for so long now and love it!!!