Comment on T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users

littletranspunk@lemmus.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Aceticon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve done this almost from the very beginning (back in the 90s) and always had very small mobile communications costs because I could easilly change providers and plans.

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• pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I haven’t financed a phone since 2008. I copped a fee for ending a 24 month contract a day early.

  I just buy a cheap outright handset, flash a community ROM and avoid everything my telco offers past a $20 basic service. Handsets with community support go for years past what the manufacturers support.

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