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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 29 2013 @ 07:47 PM EST |
"Why do you assume you are allowed to unlock the phone when the contract
expires?"
Because its my phone? It was lawfully purchased. And the only thin thread of a
reason to lock it, the phone company recovering its "investment" in
the phone, is complete.
Obviously the property rights of some are more worthy of protection than the
property of others.
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Bondfire
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Authored by: JamesK on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 08:13 AM EST |
You've got that backwards. If you own the phone, outright or after you've paid
off the contract, why should you be denied the right to take it to another
carrier? When you buy a car, are you only allowed to use one gas company? Only
one garage for service? Even if you finance or lease a car, you're free to do
the above as you please. Why not phones?
As I mentioned in another message, locking should only be permitted on contract
plan phones and then only for the duration of the initial contract. Then, once
it has been paid for, unlocking must be mandatory. After all, it's your phone,
not the carriers. It's not like the old days, when the phone company owned the
phone in your home.
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