Senator Asks Carriers to Explain Kill Switch Decision
Carrier Response
No!
Permanantly disable it? Why not do the exact same thing, but be able to reactivate it if you want, maybe with a password or encryption key of some kind that you could enter on a website?
Lost revenue? If you use the kill switch you'll STILL have to make an insurance claim! Seems lost revenue would be $0.
The Senate is pretty useless and should be abolished. These people very obviously don't live with the common people, and have no idea what their wants and needs are.
Permanantly disable it? Why not do the exact same thing, but be able to reactivate it if you want, maybe with a password or encryption key of some kind that you could enter on a website?
Lost revenue? If you use the kill switch you'll STILL have to make an insurance claim! Seems lost revenue would be $0.
The Senate is pretty useless and should be abolished. These people very obviously don't live with the common people, and have no idea what their wants and needs are.
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Yeah, none of this makes sense.
How would they lose money?
How is phone software their responsibility? Anyone who wants this sort of thing can already get it.
How would they lose money?
How is phone software their responsibility? Anyone who wants this sort of thing can already get it.
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lost revenue meaning the are trying to cut down on stolen devices. if there is a kill switch that would make people less likely to want to steal the devices. meaning less insurance replacements considering through insurance you are getting another device at a deeply discounted rate. that would cut down on revenue loss. however the idea of a kill switch doesnt make any sense to me. they should just take note from what apple has done. the problem is how many people have activated their find my iphone app? not many actually. apple offers the means to wipe your phone, track it and lock it. but too many people dont go through those options. the government is trying to play big brother by forcing this on everyone because "they know best." rather t...
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Ok, anybody who thinks that a phone company is losing money through a reduced-rate insurance claim phone, is unfortunately uninformed about consumer mark-up.
These phones are aquired by the company at pennies to the dollar. Even if they sold you the device for ten bucks they'd still turn a profit, and anyone who tells you differently is simply lying.
It's like blue jeans, where they buy 'em for $0.03 a pair and sell them for $120.00.
These phones are aquired by the company at pennies to the dollar. Even if they sold you the device for ten bucks they'd still turn a profit, and anyone who tells you differently is simply lying.
It's like blue jeans, where they buy 'em for $0.03 a pair and sell them for $120.00.
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