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What do you mean by the "only US provider allowing" ? Blacklisting old phones is a thing every US telcom is doing ? I'm european, I know the US is really NO
by olabyne 4y ago
What do you mean by the "only US provider allowing" ? Blacklisting old phones is a thing every US telcom is doing ?
I'm european, I know the US is really NOT into consumer rights, but still, this is a massive FU to phones users who want to keep their phone for a good 2-3 years, and pushes for a massive electronic waste.
- izacus 4y agoIt's not blacklisting, it's WHITElisting which is much worse - all the phones not explicitly sold by AT&T or otherwise approved will not work. So you pretty much don't have a free market choice of your device despite it being compatible with the network.
- mikro2nd 4y agoKickbacks from the "approved" manufacturers to the phone co in return for exclusive access to their market. Yet another revenue stream... All supporting my growing conviction that phone co's are constitutionally incapable of delivering good internet connectivity and should be forced out of that game as soon as, and by any means possible.
- sitkack 4y agoIt is almost like we should break them up for such practices.
- kedean 4y agoAfter they just spent 15 years consolidating into a handful of providers?