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How about instead of writing new legislation against cell phone unlocking we enforce the anti trust laws we already have?
by sans_seraph 13y ago
How about instead of writing new legislation against cell phone unlocking we enforce the anti trust laws we already have?
- eropple 13y agoWould you mind explaining how you think antitrust laws have any bearing on this issue?
- sans_seraph 13y agoSim locking is purposely breaking the normal functionality of a device in order to limit competition. I wouldn't care so much if there were plenty of other affordable ways to get a phone and coverage, but sim locking is so prevalent in the US that it's unavoidable in many cases, and most phones you can get unlocked are incredibly expensive.
- eropple 13y agoOK, thanks. Now please explain how any of these companies fall under antitrust definitions. (I'll save you the effort: they don't. None have sufficient market share that anyone would go after them and there are enough BYO provides to look at that there's no way you'll win a claim you don't have choice.)
- shmerl 13y agoYou need to fix the garbage like DMCA 1201 which causes this thing to begin with.