Comment on FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 months agoIn your circle maybe, I’d love the statistics on this though because I’m pretty sure the overwhelming majority are paying for their phones on installment through their carriers.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Yep. Or quasi installments. They usually make it where your paying like $20 a month on the phone for two years, but they’re deducting $20 a month off your monthly service at the same time. That way if you try to break contract, you have to pay for the rest of your phone that you still owe.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 months ago
Yep. “Free phone” via bill credits for 2 years but they’ll proudly proclaim they don’t do contracts and there’s no ETFs. Technically true, but realistically no difference.