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> Meanwhile, Apple or their "third-party provider" could of course play this game, but historically tech companies have been super uninterested in doing this.
by balls187 5y ago
> Meanwhile, Apple or their "third-party provider" could of course play this game, but historically tech companies have been super uninterested in doing this.
Apple notoriously "extorts" developers to be in the app store.
> Basically, what everyone wants is for companies like T-Mobile to be a dumb pipe. They invested in spectrum and a network, and they should just lease that network for cost + profit margin.
I don't think you've considered the alternatives if T-Mobile can no longer monetize traffic:
* Go back to subscribers pay per kb usage
* Eat the costs themselves
* Raise cost of mobile data plans
> Can you imagine what it would be like if other utilities did this kind of shit?
They side step this problem by charging per-use. During peak demand, prices go up. Each customer pays their share. Downside see Texas snowstorm.
- Spivak 5y agoI really don't see the horror that would be carriers charging for usage. I would rather that than pay for stupid things like "lines" or "devices."
- acdha 5y ago> Go back to subscribers pay per kb usage They charge $70/month for “unlimited” data which is only 50GB before throttling. I’m pretty sure they can profitably afford to run a network for that much without reselling user data.
- darkarmani 5y agoThey already charge per kb. Look at the small print -- once you hit a certain amount of usage, you are drastically rate-limited. The only difference is that some months, when you don't hit your limit, you pay more per byte.