I dunno, this feels like the cars that require subscriptions or the TVs that show people ads over whatever they are watching. On the one hand, I just would never buy anything with those restrictions.
On the other hand, I don’t expect everyone to become an expert on anti-features and technology, especially when capitalists are constantly seeking new and creative ways to profit from deception.
Consumer protections exist because there is no limit to greed, and no threshold too terrible that someone won’t cross it for profit. Locking phones is a small inconvenience that pales in comparison to the bullshit cell service providers try to get away with, but it is also anti-competitive and monopolistic, not to mention deceptive marketing when common sense (not to mention experience) dictates that any phone ought to work with other carriers as long as they operate on the same frequencies.
SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 18 hours ago
Wow thanks, I'm cured
Diurnambu1e@hexbear.net 8 hours ago
Stop capitalism