Post #72893
2025-12-17 08:12 UTC
Replies (3)
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@kuneho@lemmy.world 2025-12-17 08:50
I remember when carriers not just locked the phones, they also had custom firmwares filled with bloat and customized skins and even locking down features and all that shit. For example, I had a Sony Ericsson K700i and it had a disgustingly customized FW on it, and aside that it was ugly, I could only play MP3 files that I purchased through Vodafone. Sending them via bluetooth (or even with IR) didn’t work, the phone refused to play it back. (Then of course I found out that Sony Ericssons were pretty moddable phones so I replaced the FW with an original one and that solved all my problems. Using VKP patches were just
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@CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-17 10:12
When I left my company, I had to get a new phone. When I talked to the rep, the phone cost was essentially free with a contract. The offer was that Verizon would pay for the phone over the course of three years. So it’s not financing so much as it was free with a contract. When I asked why this was, he said that it was due to how the market was. Everyone has a phone at this point so now cell service provides have to compete to keep people. So they are willing to pay for your phone so long as you are locked in with them.
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@CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 2025-12-17 10:33
Because a locked loader only really affects an absurdly small percentage of people.