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If it actually mattered to enough people, they would sail over to that island. The fact that most don't is extremely telling about what people actually want, I
by shadowgovt 4y ago
If it actually mattered to enough people, they would sail over to that island. The fact that most don't is extremely telling about what people actually want, I think.
(F-Droid is right there. It's relatively trivial to install on an Android device. As is, last I checked, replacing the whole Android OS).
- pixl97 4y agoIn the US a large portion of phones are via carrier contract and hardware locked. So no.
- shadowgovt 4y agoThe law mandated phone number portability in 2003. Everything else is buyer beware. Why is the answer not just "Don't get in a contract with Apple hardware if you don't want to be stuck playing Apple's ballgame?"
- themitigating 4y agoThat's the responsibility of the consumer to read the contract. You also can leave with a penalty. Libertarianism is like the tide on hackernews, it's quite confusing
- martimarkov 4y agoIn the US I can just buy an iPhone from Apple with no hardware lock. So no.
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