Reminds me of the parable of the scorpion asking the friendly tortoise to help him cross a river = this is their nature...
notjulianjaynes · 17h ago
This applies to carrier locking, not their practice of preventing bootloader unlocking on devices sold by Verizon, correct?
tbihl · 18h ago
I don't normally think of prepaid carriers like Tracfone doing a lot of subsidized phones, but apparently that's the heart of the issue. I'm surprised Verizon doesn't just go with the Biden plan, figuring that the other players will also not be able to subsidize devices for prepaid lines, at that point.
OTOH, I do remember once trying to buy a subsidized iphone at Walmart, and it was pretty clear that someone was buying all of them, everywhere, before actual users could get them.
throwaway81523 · 13h ago
Go to qvc.com and type tracfone into the search field (it's hard to direct link). There are some AMAZING subsidized phone offers there. Nothing high end, but very low prices for perfectly good midrange phones. If I need some burners I'll get them from there.
johnklos · 17h ago
Does it surprise anyone that Verizon's Department of Evil would lie, cheat, bribe, steal, or otherwise do whatever it can to not be held to account for its agreements?
I'm not surprised, just as I won't be surprised if Verizon gets their way after throwing a few million dollars in the direction of Trump's "Library" or whatever.
OTOH, I do remember once trying to buy a subsidized iphone at Walmart, and it was pretty clear that someone was buying all of them, everywhere, before actual users could get them.
I'm not surprised, just as I won't be surprised if Verizon gets their way after throwing a few million dollars in the direction of Trump's "Library" or whatever.