The comment on the article page asks the same question with a different sentiment: > Instead of proposing that unlocks be allowed, how about pushing for subsid

The comment on the article page asks the same question with a different sentiment: > Instead of proposing that unlocks be allowed, how about pushing for subsidy locks to be made illegal instead? There's no need for them; if you've received a subsidy on a phone, you've already signed a contract by which you're legally bound until its expiration, so there's zero need for the phones to be locked in the first place.