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As you said, they were carrier locked. Apple got paid for that carrier lock. That's a subsidy. A weird one, but still a subsidy.
by bryanlarsen 1y ago
As you said, they were carrier locked. Apple got paid for that carrier lock. That's a subsidy. A weird one, but still a subsidy.
- soganess 1y agoBy that definition, every iPhone is subsidized. Google pays to be the default search engine and subsidizes iPhone. I meant a contracted subsidy where the user sticks with att or whatever for $n$ years.