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Carriers like Verizon demand locked bootloaders.
by pxeboot 9y ago
Carriers like Verizon demand locked bootloaders.
- freehunter 9y agoI think it's crazy to believe that Samsung of all companies can't stand up to Verizon. Every time I hear a company say "we have to do this because carriers demand it", unless that company is Essential or some small time player, I literally do not believe it. Verizon isn't going to be the only company that doesn't stock the latest Samsung phone, like they're not going to be the only company who doesn't stock the iPhone. Android fans would go nuts and would leave Verizon before they left their Samsung. I don't believe Verizon is to blame for one second. They may be a convenient scapegoat, but Verizon would lose over Samsung if they started a boycott against each other.
- CodeWriter23 9y agoYou’re right, Verizon wouldn’t be the only company not stocking the S9 because the boot loader is unlocked. AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint would join them. ALL the carriers have their pennies-per-user gains to be made with their unremovable crapware, and I’m quite sure they are all completely over the customer support drain from Android malware.
- leetcrew 9y agoI find this argument hard to believe. google, htc, lg, and motorola all sell phones with unlockable bootloaders. the pixel 2 is locked if you buy from verizon, but you can easily get the unlockable one direct from google and use it on any carrier. I could believe that carriers require a locked version to sell in their own stores, but I can't believe samsung is uniquely unable to sell phones with unlockable bootloaders.