Groooooss. You’ll own nothing and you’ll like it.

I mean lots of mobile providers have been providing phones as part of their subscription model, that has going since the 2000s.

That is not convenient at all, but some folks don’t want to downplay 1000+$ and they really want an iphone or whatever.

It seems to me Apple and Samsung want to get their fair share of that (still sucks though cause its all in the “you don’t own anything”)

F-them! I’m quite happy with my DeGoogled Fairphone 6.

“guaranteed buyback” just nerfs the used market.

I will go without. I will drag a PC and a mobile router everywhere I go before I rent a phone. Can these asshole corporate bullshitters just go to mars already so we can be free of them?

Of course they want to make upgrading more attractive because it is less attractive now that it ever has been.

If you want people to buy new stuff, making that stuff different from the old stuff they already own would be a good idea.

Hummm … Go f yourself.

They want a future in which only they own property, and everyone else has to rent even the freaking air.

used unlocked phone market has been my go to for decades

Dumb coonsomer would get this dumb products and then wait for next new dumb products.

Absolutely fucking not. Im not going to lease something that contains my private information ever.

I only buy hardware which supports installing free/libre operating systems and applications.

Just like with cars. If you always have to have the latest and greatest, need to be seen with “the best”, replace your phone frequently then yes leasing is cheaper than buying. This would be stupid but people seem to do this

Apple, Samsung, and any OEMs leaning on this can get fucked.

Those big corps sure lust after subscriptions. Damn those old paper magazines for giving them yet another unoriginal idea!