The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids

Re:The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids by Animats on Sunday March 22, 2026 @11:43PM (#47485282)

Also note that if you buy a Tin Can unit, there's a noncompete clause: You agree not to "build, benchmark, or develop a competing product or service." So don't buy this if you work for a telco, or a voice communications service of any kind.

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Re:The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids by quesera on Sunday March 22, 2026 @11:52PM (#47485333)

This is laughably unenforceable, and all the more ridiculous for it.

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Re:The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids by hermannj314 on Monday March 23, 2026 @09:42AM (#47489430)

If a company puts unenforceable terms in their TOS, how likely are they to comply with the law in every other matter? No way would I give my kid a device made by these people for that reason.

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Re:The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids by quesera on Monday March 23, 2026 @11:30AM (#47490881)

Fair point, and totally agreed.

I literally LOLed at the idea that purchasing a consumer product, at retail, could include stipulations on my future employment. And at the hubris of any manufacturer for imagining they could get away with such an absurd idea.

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Re:The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids by kotaKat on Monday March 23, 2026 @10:35AM (#47490143)

Oh no, how dare I checks stand up a VoIP ATA and plug a phone into it. I'll be waiting to hear from their legal team.

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