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Re:Europe Is Guaranteeing Citizens the Right to Repair by jokethrowaway on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:54PM (#25732822)
I live in the EU and I've avoided carrier locked phone for my entire life.

I know many who can't do math and paid twice the value of the phone for a locked device and some plan they never really used fully.

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Re:Europe Is Guaranteeing Citizens the Right to Repair by jackjeff on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:24PM (#25738367)
My recollection is that 10-15yrs ago (in FR/DE/UK) it was cheaper to get a phone on a contract than buying it outright and finding a cheaper plan.

That has not been the case for a long time. The last phone I had on contract was an iPhone 4.

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