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iPhones and locking
14 years ago
Why would Apple decide to completely and irrevocably undermine confidence in their company? Who at Apple has decided that this is a good business practice? Where did they get their business diploma, a Cracker Jack box?
I'm referring to the policy of locking their iPhones to a specific carrier, and refusing to unlock them.
In Canada, there is only one company (ONE!! Out of how ever many cellular service providers there are in Canada) that will unlock an iPhone. And you have to have an iPhone contract with them in the first place, and exit it, either by buying it out or completing the term before they will do so.
I have spoken to the representatives at the Apple Store, and they refuse to do so as well. Thus, stating that, as a representative of Apple Inc, Apple won't unlock cell phones.
The only way to unlock an iPhone is to hack it. That's right, Apple has stated, perhaps not directly, that they would rather people hacked into their software, thus showing that their software can be hacked and is thus not secure, and hacked the provider lock thus freeing the cell phone THAT THE CUSTOMER HAS PAID FOR AND OWNS rather than providing the service of unlocking cell phones.
They even have the option to charge for this service!! And people would pay a reasonable price (prolly around $50-$100 is what I'd be willing to pay, perhaps a bit more, as I have a lot of information on my iPhone that I'd like to keep using) to get it unlocked legally.
Sure, people would still hack into it, some because they like a challenge, some because it's a hobby, but in this case it wouldn't be destroying the company's image. It would enhance the image of the company as one that cares about the consumer as a customer, someone who deserves the best service in order to get return service; rather than enforce the image of the company who is interested in the consumer solely as a money tree.
I have done everything I can to legally have my phone unlocked, tried working with the CSPs, tried working with Apple, but they've all told me that they prefer I do something illicit.
Is it any wonder that there are so many people working on hacking iPhones? I think not.
I'm referring to the policy of locking their iPhones to a specific carrier, and refusing to unlock them.
In Canada, there is only one company (ONE!! Out of how ever many cellular service providers there are in Canada) that will unlock an iPhone. And you have to have an iPhone contract with them in the first place, and exit it, either by buying it out or completing the term before they will do so.
I have spoken to the representatives at the Apple Store, and they refuse to do so as well. Thus, stating that, as a representative of Apple Inc, Apple won't unlock cell phones.
The only way to unlock an iPhone is to hack it. That's right, Apple has stated, perhaps not directly, that they would rather people hacked into their software, thus showing that their software can be hacked and is thus not secure, and hacked the provider lock thus freeing the cell phone THAT THE CUSTOMER HAS PAID FOR AND OWNS rather than providing the service of unlocking cell phones.
They even have the option to charge for this service!! And people would pay a reasonable price (prolly around $50-$100 is what I'd be willing to pay, perhaps a bit more, as I have a lot of information on my iPhone that I'd like to keep using) to get it unlocked legally.
Sure, people would still hack into it, some because they like a challenge, some because it's a hobby, but in this case it wouldn't be destroying the company's image. It would enhance the image of the company as one that cares about the consumer as a customer, someone who deserves the best service in order to get return service; rather than enforce the image of the company who is interested in the consumer solely as a money tree.
I have done everything I can to legally have my phone unlocked, tried working with the CSPs, tried working with Apple, but they've all told me that they prefer I do something illicit.
Is it any wonder that there are so many people working on hacking iPhones? I think not.
