Verizon Says Locked Bootloaders Better for the Network
It's like my laptop and the cable company...
Example:
The key point here is ownership. I own my laptop, and can do whatever I want with it. Use it with Windows, or Linux, or throw it in the pool if I see fit. It's my property, and I have complete physical and logical access to it. I do NOT, however, have the same access to Comcast's cable data system - because THEY own it. I'm just a subscriber, and they provide a data hose. But Comcast knows they can't take away admin or root access on my computers, because it's not theirs to do it.
Same with the cell phone. It's mine; I paid for it. I can use it as is, mod it, or prop up an uneven table leg with it. I can't legally hack or change Ve...
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The thing is, when you buy carrier equipment, you don't really own it, you are basically just borrowing it from the carrier. That's something that people don't want to hear, but it's true.
The solution is to not buy carrier equipment, buy only unlocked, carrier unbranded phones at full retail price.
T Bone said:
The difference is that you don't get your laptop from your ISP, and your laptop doesn't have ISP branding or run software created by the ISP.
So, if I purchase a Sony laptop (obviously branded), and it comes preloaded with Sony software (which they often do), then I should come to expect that I can't format my hard drive and load in alternative operating systems?
T Bone said:
The thing is, when you buy carrier equipment, you don't really own it, you are basically just borrowing it from the carrier. That's something that people don't want to hear, but it's true.
You are very wrong on this one. The equipment is not being rented out. It does not belong to th...
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