Thread: Nokia: Maemo phones won't be tailored for carriers, operators may reject
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texaslabrat is offline texaslabrat
2009-09-04 , 19:35
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Originally Posted by krisse View Post
I can understand why you say that but it's ultimately really dumb on the part of the networks and the government regulators.

When did you last have a PC rejected by your ISP because the ISP couldn't pre-install its own menus?

The networks are treating their customers like cattle here.
Unfortunately, that argument is a bit of a red herring as when was the last time your ISP subsidized 50-100% of the purchase cost of your PC so that you could connect to their service? Just as with the PC you bought yourself can connect to the ISP without any specialized crap-ware or crippling, so can too an unlocked, unsubsized phone connect. It's when the provider is ponying up a subsidy that they insist on doing things "their" way. Which is unfortunate, but that's the reality of the situation.
 

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