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Re:A Design Defect Is Breaking iPhone 6 Pluses by ctrl-j on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @09:44AM (#12435929)
Owned? No, it doesn't mean that.

Directly financed? I wouldn't call it a subsidy otherwise: https://www.google.com/search?q=subsidy&oq=subsidy

Re:A Design Defect Is Breaking iPhone 6 Pluses by abz10 on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @10:42AM (#12436318)
A subsidy can exist in effect when the terms are overly favorable and not at market rate.