@drazraeltod @JessTheUnstill More like including the keys in the box it's sold in.
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@dalias @drazraeltod @JessTheUnstill Quite like how the good carriers give the PUK code with the sim card.
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7 April at 4:28 | Open on queer.hacktivis.me
It's shitty, but I do get that some manufacturers sell the device itself at below cost because people have to pay for the online services. Game console manufacturers have done that for years. If they sold it easy to unlock, people would just buy the hardware, unlock it, and never pay for the service. Which is a shitty and scammy business model, but at least it does make sorta sense. @JessTheUnstill @dalias and it much more politics-compatible that way you can sell it as "it's against cheap foreign vendors that don't supply updates" instead of "it's against you" well known vendors will always claim that THEIR lock in isn't as bad, because they do $bullshit. So they have a way of keeping that claim. @virtulis @JessTheUnstill @dalias @drazraeltod reminds me of how nuclear power plants are required to set aside funding for decommissioning the plant before they are allowed to build it. Obviously there are differences with the risk of software key leaks, but it’s a similar concept @JessTheUnstill @dalias @drazraeltod that’s the line- but Nintendo apparently rarely sell at a loss and despite rampant, highly public piracy and the first gen Switch being pwned they are still gangbusters popular. I’m convinced the “sold at a loss” is a convenient mistruth, perpetrated to help justify high prices, locked-down consoles and mediocre services. None *cough steam deck* of which are needed *cough cough PC* to shift videogames 😫 @dalias @drazraeltod @JessTheUnstill oh and OFC #Apple does already include #Govware. Why else do you think they can still sell #iPhone|s and #iCloud in the "P.R." #China? |