Apple Is Growing Rotten To The Core, And It’s Likely AT&T’s Fault

Post by iamwil » Tue, Jul 28, 2009, 1:57 PM UTC

joshu wrote: post #42

blasdel wrote: post #18

Oh man, AT&T might be rotten, but Verizon is actively evil when it comes to this. Like cackling Emperor Palpatine levels of evil. They heavily modify the software running on the phones they sell, and they don't allow any others on their network. Modifications include: * Shoving their logo into every orifice * Leasing you access to the GPS chip in your phone (or even the E911 data) * disabling all file transfer method…

I have a Blackberry 8830 on Verizon. I'm loathe to switch carriers or phones. The customer service is pretty great. I have access to the GPS. I've been able to get media on and off the phone as necessary. It has unlimited network connectivity and tethering. I'm not convinced they're any worse than any other carrier.

Post by philwelch » Tue, Jul 28, 2009, 4:11 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #46

zacharypinter wrote: post #2

Though it's probably questionable for Techcrunch to keep posting about the same story, I think Apple's anti-competitive practices deserve the extra notice.

I'm definitely "not an Apple fan", but I think these stories get a bit old. Apple has been all about control since... well, the days of the Mac. Remember the look and feel lawsuit? Steve quashing the clones? Pretty much par for the course - I'd rather read about people doing cool new stuff (and that includes Apple when they're doing that instead of trying to rule their turf with an iron fist).

Post by siong1987 » Wed, Jul 29, 2009, 1:19 AM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #45

siong1987 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In fact, most of the carriers here are fucked up. Most of the asia carriers would compete over their services(no carrier-locked phone). But, in US, it seems like most of the carriers are competing over what phones they can provide.

Sort of. The GSM providers don't know/care if you use a random GSM phone on their network. Of course, if you rent their GSM phone, they are not going to let you use it on a different GSM network. (People seem to want free phones, and then seem confused when the person that gave you the free phone doesn't want you to use it on the competitor's network. If you buy your own phone, you can use it wherever you want.)