Comment on FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days

• Lojcs@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pretty sure Samsung does it to appease carriers since they sell unlocked snapdragon variants elsewhere

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• LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you buy a phone from Verizon its perma locked for no reason

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  • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh there’s a reason. Hotspot bypass being a big one is wager.

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    • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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      • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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• dinckelman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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

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