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Verizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and won (arstechnica.com)
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[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 9 points 20 hours ago

The reason they're cheaper is because the carrier is expecting to keep you locked in their network.

Not worth it IMO. Similar to cheaper phones with loads of preinstalled crap, you're not getting a discount, you're signing a deal to be farmed.

I don't buy very expensive phones, but I try to find ones that are mostly free of crap (not easy), and I'm ready to pay a bit extra for that.