Would Apple disable your laptop if you don't pay your bills?

[winninganthem]

i think have your credit killed is punishment enough

+1 Agreed.

 

[belvdr]

Yikes! I bet they will start doing this with phones and laptops. Yet another reason to avoid these subsidized deals. I'm not committing two years of my life to anything, especially not a data plan.

I don't see a real issue with a contract. I have been on Verizon for many years now, and have kept renewing my 2 year contract and get a new phone. I'm going to have a phone anyway, so the contract doesn't scare me a bit.

This whole idea seems reasonable. They should load a bad firmware into a backup ROM, and then copy it over to brick the device should the user not pay.

 

[J&JPolangin]

...if they could do it and track who was locked out from company to company so that those people don't just "get a new plan"...things would be much cheaper for the rest of us...

 

[eldy]

paranoid android