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Yeah I heard US telecoms were insanely draconic (why were they allowed to act like that though? lobbying?) In Europe they weren't saints either but they weren'
by ChuckNorris89 5y ago
Yeah I heard US telecoms were insanely draconic (why were they allowed to act like that though? lobbying?)
In Europe they weren't saints either but they weren't as bad when locking down your phone and mostly just resorted to SIM-lock, instead of locking other features as well.
- Y_Y 5y agoPeople outside Europe still pay their network operator to "allow" things like tethering.
- brokenmachine 5y agoTethering has always been allowed on my Australian phones.
- brnt 5y agoAs per Eurovision, Aussies are now Euros.
- rchaud 5y agoFrom what I remember, Verizon did this with dumbphones, which I think ran similar OSes. So if you wanted to change the ringtone, you had to buy it from the crappy e-storefront on the phone. Same for wallpapers, and moving phone pictures to a computer via USB. In 2008 I picked up a Windows Mobile 6.1 phone (Samsung Blackjack) that didn't have any such restriction. USB worked and it had a microSD slot for me to add in movies and music. I could crop an MP3 and simply transfer it to the Ringtones folder via USB mass storage.