Comment on T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“Taking away peoples freedom is whats best for users! It’s the American way!”
Comment on T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“Taking away peoples freedom is whats best for users! It’s the American way!”
intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The FCC is the one taking away people’s freedom here, by preventing users from entering the kind of contract that T-Mobile and AT&T are offering.
Consenting adults are happy to sign up on those terms, and the FCC is proposing to prevent that arrangement.
The carriers make an excellent point that without that lock-in, the sale of the phone is less valuable to them. This means they won’t be able to offer the heavy subsidies on phones any longer.
This is the government preventing contracts between consenting adults. The government is reducing freedom here.