Verizon wants to keep phones locked for 60 days

[Tsutarja]

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/...ocking-60-day-fraud-identity-theft-protection

Basically Verizon wants an exception made to the already-existing rules that prohibit US carriers from locking their devices to be moved onto other carriers. While they claim that it's for "fraud protection" I honestly think it's just a ploy to play with current administration, who has been shown to be anti-consumer and pro-company.

Thoughts?

 

[Maki-Nishikino]

well verizon is wlll known for being greedy and quite alot hate verizon including me though iw ill respect anyone who uses verizon

 

[Incineroar]

I can see both sides of the argument. With the company I work for, devices are unlocked, but there's a three-month lock put on upgrades and new activations to prevent fraud and to ensure people actually keep their services rather than sign up for a plan with a phone, and then run with it. Locking the device though is quite a dirty move, it'd be better if they used other methods than locking the device itself.

 

[Tsutarja]

Another thought

It's kinda ironic hearing this come from Verizon. Before the FCC deemed it illegal for carriers to keep phones locked, Verizon was actually the carrier that had their 4G LTE devices unlocked upon purchase