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If you buy a phone from Verizon its perma locked for no reason
Oh there's a reason. Hotspot bypass being a big one I'd wager, the other being making it significantly harder to avoid ads
But I can use a non Verizon phone on Verizon? Are they just trying to dissuade it because the people doing hotspot bypass are likely gonna do the research.
Edit: oh yeah ads. Of course it's ads.
This was for bootloader locking, not carrier locking. But yeah, they want you to buy their bullshit hotspot plan instead of just using the data you already pay for.
Of course.
And yeah carrier locking is already illegal [if the phone is fully paid for].