return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoT-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for usersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1520arrow-down17cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1513arrow-down1external-linkT-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for usersarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square94fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·24 days agoNever buy a phone from your carrier, they will do some evil shit to try and force you to stay
minus-squarefive82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-224 days agoIt was probably incompetence more than malice but T-Mobile customer service incorrectly told me multiple times that I was not allowed to pay off my phone balance early to unlock it. I’m on US Mobile now and I’ll never go back to postpaid.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·24 days agoWith Deutsche Telekom, never attribute to incompetence that which can be attributed to greed.
Never buy a phone from your carrier, they will do some evil shit to try and force you to stay
It was probably incompetence more than malice but T-Mobile customer service incorrectly told me multiple times that I was not allowed to pay off my phone balance early to unlock it. I’m on US Mobile now and I’ll never go back to postpaid.
With Deutsche Telekom, never attribute to incompetence that which can be attributed to greed.