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Apple cooperated with AT&T's bullshit "5Ge" rebrand where they change the LTE status icon to "5Ge". Despite the appearances, Apple is absolutely in bed with the

• simfree 5y ago
  As did nearly every other vendor
  • Nextgrid 5y ago
    Pretty much "every other vendor" has a legitimate reason; they have little to no distribution network and rely on carriers to sell their devices. That's not the case for Apple who has both a decent network of Apple Stores around the country and sufficient brand loyalty to survive (and potentially even thrive) even if their devices become more difficult to buy.
    • giraffe_lady 5y ago
      If everyone else does that rebrand except them, they look like they're a generation behind on networking tech. They don't want to take that hit, or pay for the consumer education campaign to avoid it. I don't have an opinion about whether that's more or less legitimate than anyone else's reason but the incentives seem clear to me.
• Tagbert 5y ago
  But not on this private relay feature, apparently.