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Aren't airlines providing cheap tickets at a discount rate but with extra restrictions (no baggage, etc.)? Or discounted tickets that cannot be turned back, eve

• betterunix 14y ago
  The difference is that the airline is selling you the right to sit on their airplane; the right to store your baggage on their airplane is another matter. In the case of the cell phone, your service contract is what gives you the right to use their network, and they are selling you a phone to use on that network. The special treatment is the DMCA, which forbids you from unlocking your phone regardless of the contract. This gives the cell companies an advantage by protecting a loss leader strategy: it is less risky for them to sell you a phone at a large discount which is locked, because it is illegal for you to unlock it whether or not you are under contract. It would be as if an airline sold you a discount ticket, and the law forbade you from having another company carry your luggage.
• jamieb 14y ago
  The difference is that if I choose to fly on a different airline I dont go to jail. However, even if I continue to pay my monthly bill, as required by the contract, but I unlock my phone so I can use it in Europe, I am guilty of a felony.