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Re:Former Owner of T-Mobile Store Guilty of $25M Scheme to U... by throwaway742 on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @11:49PM (#32327440)
They would just stop paying T-Mobile for the hardware and use the phone on Verizon.
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Re:Former Owner of T-Mobile Store Guilty of $25M Scheme to U... by heywoodlh on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @12:09AM (#32327573)
I feel that this is how it should work in the US but it doesn't. And I think it's because of my realization at the end of my comment: they probably don't make as much money on hardware compared to strong-arming users into remaining on their network.
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