HELL YEA!, carriers have some nerve trying to offer something their competitors don't! Proprietors and exclusivity should go the way of the dodo!!!
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I have no idea whether you're serious about this. If you are, you are so far off the chart naive and brainwashed, you scare me.
The whole locked phone concept, is a clandestine reiteration of the telephone monopoly era.
A,T, &T was broken up by the government, under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, and other companies were allowed to enter the business.
Prior to that breakup, you weren't allowed to buy your telephone. A, T, & T jacked you up with an exorbitant monthly rental fee.
Fast forward to now. How is it any different for a wireless carrier to force you into their phone, slam your bill with it's price, and mask whatever interest they're making on it, in the dark corners of your "contract"?
I don't stare slack jawed at the TV in amazement and gratitude when they tell you you're going to get a free phone, and money back with a 2 year contract. They added those monies in, before they ever filmed the advertisement, then they subtract them when the ad runs.
Now, if the telecoms had to compete for your business in an unlocked phone world, they would actually have to innovate more, rather than less, to keep you as a customer.
As the the cost of the phone, it's like anything else in America, put it on a credit card. That way, you'd know what you were being charged for it, and the interest rate on it. After which, the telecoms would have to adjust their billing, (most likely downward), because then, the consumer would actually know how much they were paying for the services they use.
Bad credit, no problem, Verizon and Comcast offer their own credit card, targeted at a 2 year pay off of the phone.
The price of the phone is specified, the amount of interest is specified. Plus you can stay with the carrier if you choose after the phone. If you like their pricing and service, you'll stay. It seems to me like that would keep them "innovating", as well as honest
So, I've lived through the telephone monopoly era, and sorry to inform you, you're a "hahahanoob" at it.
(captaincranky and his silly comments, I know right).