fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoVerizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and wonarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down12cross-posted to: pulse_of_truth@infosec.publegalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1421arrow-down1external-linkVerizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and wonarstechnica.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: pulse_of_truth@infosec.publegalnews@lemmy.zip
minus-squareCallMeAnAI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down11·10 days agoBecause a locked loader only really affects an absurdly small percentage of people.
minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 days agoThat is a separate issue. This is a lock to prevent use with other service providers,
minus-squareCallMeAnAI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down14·10 days agoWhich people don’t care about. They were getting a new phone when they switched.
minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 days agoPeople… don’t care about being able to switch phone carriers while keeping their phone? I think you’re quite mistaken. Even if few people actually do that, they certainly care about the effect of the resulting competitive pressure on the market.
Because a locked loader only really affects an absurdly small percentage of people.
That is a separate issue. This is a lock to prevent use with other service providers,
Which people don’t care about. They were getting a new phone when they switched.
People… don’t care about being able to switch phone carriers while keeping their phone? I think you’re quite mistaken.
Even if few people actually do that, they certainly care about the effect of the resulting competitive pressure on the market.