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In the US, computers might work like television. In some other countries, they might work like cell phones: always bought unlocked, no service lock-in. It just
by slurgfest 15y ago
In the US, computers might work like television. In some other countries, they might work like cell phones: always bought unlocked, no service lock-in. It just depends on what we tolerate. There's no historic inevitability to the kind of peculiar consumer exploitation that goes on in the US in markets like cable TV or cell phone data plans.