Long term, the locked business model due to smartphone subsidies will die anyway since it largely benefits the manufacturers and app developers. Carriers are th

Long term, the locked business model due to smartphone subsidies will die anyway since it largely benefits the manufacturers and app developers. Carriers are the ones currently taking the considerable risks facing consumers. So, it is really a question whether it is appropriate to have semi-random administrative laws being applied by a "Librarian" at any time being good for society or progress. The EFF and others who argued for how these exemptions to draconian laws are applied may yet rue the day the asked for this opening on their effective rights. At least the passed law was a static target that could be outpaced by technology.