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So what you are saying is that the overcall cost of doing business with tmobile (both monetary and your personal data being public) justifies the convenience?

dv_dt 5y ago
When it’s really not clear if other options are any more secure then one might as well optimize for the visible features of convenience.
- 8ytecoder 5y ago
  I'm surprised myself to say this - Xfinity Mobile had the best security of all the mobile phone providers. SIM Swap is via a generated code that you have to login to generate. Customer Service verifies a ton of information before they look into your account. It's also generally cheaper than TMobile - but some features are sorely missing/lacking - they're still new. All that said, Comcast Internet's business practices is outright awful - they lied to me multiple times about my plan and discounts. And you need Comcast to use Xfinity - it's very expensive otherwise.
murgindrag 5y ago
It's not so much the convenience as the problems other carriers bring. T-Mobile has no security, and lousy coverage, and is technically incompetent, but they're fairly honest and customer-friendly. I could tell a horror story from Verizon about a multi-thousand-dollar roaming bill from someone I knew, from Google about being completely locked out of a phone number forever from another person, and lots of others. Pick your liability. On the whole, I found the risk of data theft from T-Mobile to be the lesser of the evils.
- hattmall 5y ago
  TMobile actually has good coverage now. Since the Sprint merger they have started rolling out 5g 600mhz on the old Nextel network. I'm in a rural area and as of last year I can get 90mbps down with TMobile. Verizon and ATT are like 5 and get swamped on weekends.
okprod 5y ago
Convenience is a significant reason why people use Facebook, Zoom, Gmail, etc., despite possible issues from nonfree software.

dv_dt 5y ago

When it’s really not clear if other options are any more secure then one might as well optimize for the visible features of convenience.

8ytecoder 5y ago
I'm surprised myself to say this - Xfinity Mobile had the best security of all the mobile phone providers. SIM Swap is via a generated code that you have to login to generate. Customer Service verifies a ton of information before they look into your account. It's also generally cheaper than TMobile - but some features are sorely missing/lacking - they're still new. All that said, Comcast Internet's business practices is outright awful - they lied to me multiple times about my plan and discounts. And you need Comcast to use Xfinity - it's very expensive otherwise.

murgindrag 5y ago

It's not so much the convenience as the problems other carriers bring. T-Mobile has no security, and lousy coverage, and is technically incompetent, but they're fairly honest and customer-friendly. I could tell a horror story from Verizon about a multi-thousand-dollar roaming bill from someone I knew, from Google about being completely locked out of a phone number forever from another person, and lots of others. Pick your liability. On the whole, I found the risk of data theft from T-Mobile to be the lesser of the evils.

hattmall 5y ago
TMobile actually has good coverage now. Since the Sprint merger they have started rolling out 5g 600mhz on the old Nextel network. I'm in a rural area and as of last year I can get 90mbps down with TMobile. Verizon and ATT are like 5 and get swamped on weekends.

okprod 5y ago

Convenience is a significant reason why people use Facebook, Zoom, Gmail, etc., despite possible issues from nonfree software.