return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoT-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for usersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1513arrow-down17cross-posted to: gadgets@lemmit.onlinenews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1506arrow-down1external-linkT-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for usersarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square88fedilinkcross-posted to: gadgets@lemmit.onlinenews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 months agoNever buy a phone from your carrier, they will do some evil shit to try and force you to stay
minus-squarefive82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-22 months 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-up7·2 months 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.