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Last minute change, and leaving it up to the carriers. Bad to the power of bad. I tend to buy grey import handsets because they offer a better value propositio
by BLKNSLVR 2y ago
Last minute change, and leaving it up to the carriers. Bad to the power of bad.
I tend to buy grey import handsets because they offer a better value proposition - by a long margin - than locally sold handsets. Allowing the carriers to define the block list only plays into their greedy little hands.
I know that "band 28" support is something useful to Australians who, like me, buy handsets from overseas. The support of handsets should be based on capabilities of the device, not a seemingly arbitrary list that's under the control of the carriers. But that's what happens when last minute decisions are made.
- brokenmachine 2y agoI think it's less about the last minute nature and more about aligning with the incentives of corporate lobbyists. What a nice opportunity to force the sale of more overpriced local phones. Lets see what happens with the under 16 social media blocking... There's no hurry, but will it be done in the stupidest and simultaneously most invasive manner possible, and probably forced through before Christmas even though there's no pressing need? Of course.
- burnt-resistor 2y agoDeregulation: that sort of trickle-down economics with the funny smell that runs downhill.