If you buy a phone from Verizon its perma locked for no reason
Comment on FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days
sunzu@kbin.run 4 months agoDon't Sammy do and apple do it... Not even carriers?
LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 months ago
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Oh there’s a reason. Hotspot bypass being a big one is wager.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 months ago
But I can use a non Verizon phone on Verizon? Are they just trying g to dissuade it because the people doing hotspot bypass are likely gonna do the research.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 months ago
This was for bootloader locking, not carrier locking. But yeah, they want you to buy their bullshit hotspot plan instead of just using the data you already pay for.
dinckelman@lemmy.world 4 months ago
For quite a long time now, it’s been the case that if your vendor makes this hard as is, a carrier on top of that will make it considerably worse. As an example, take a look at older Samsung devices, that all needed special-tailored roms for each carrier variant
Lojcs@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Pretty sure Samsung does it to appease carriers since they sell unlocked snapdragon variants elsewhere